Kingdom Animalia Family Cypraeidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus | Superfamily Cypraeoidea Subfamily Erosariinae Higher classification Cypraeidae | |
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Similar Monetaria annulus, Monetaria moneta, Cypraeidae, Monetaria caputserpentis, Erosaria | ||
Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Taxonomy
The generic placement is based on the molecular work of Meyer (2003). Some authors have previously placed species in the genus Erosaria (e.g. caputserpentis, by Lorenz and Hubert, 2000)
Species
Species within the genus Monetaria include:
References
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