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Monetaria moneta

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea moneta was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta by Abrard (1946); it was recombined as Monetaria moneta by Meyer (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cypraea moneta Linnaeus
1946Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta Abrard p. 100
2002Cypraea moneta Wilson p. 114
2003Monetaria moneta Meyer p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyErosariinaeSchilder 1924
genusMonetariaTroschel 1863
speciesmoneta(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Monetaria moneta Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Landes) Monetaria moneta (176463)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji (Vitu Levu) Cypraea moneta (179499)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Northern Mariana Islands Cypraea moneta (77940)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cypraea moneta (77937)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Cypraea moneta (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Cypraea moneta (77905 77906)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Monetaria moneta (194003)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Cypraea moneta (77907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cypraea moneta (43325)