Species Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [723].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Ambon Islands, Indonesia.
• Cypraea annularis Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 22, fig. 6].
• Cypraea annulata Donavan, E. in Rees, A. (ed.) 1820. Encyclopedia of Conchology. Vol. 2. [199] [Schilder 1971 does not consider this to be an available name].
• Cypraea annulifera Conrad, T.A. 1866. Illustrations of Miocene fossils, with descriptions of new species. American Journal of Conchology 2(1): 65-73 [69] [69, t. 4:19].
• Cypraea nouméensis Marie, E.A. 1869. Note sur quelques coquilles de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 14-19 [16, pl. 2, fig. 6, n.5].
• Monetaria camelorum Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [86, t. 1:7] [Burgess 1985 combination, Cypraea camelorum, not original according to Schilder 1971].
• Monetaria harmandiana Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [90, t. 2:5] [Burgess 1985 combination, Cypraea harmandiana; not original according to Schilder 1971].
• Cypraea obvallata calcarata Melvill, J.C. 1888. A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.), its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinities; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 4 1: 184-252, pl. 1-2 [207] [as Cypraea obvallata var. calcarata Melvill, 1888].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Cook, Society and Paumotus Isles.
• Monetaria annulus sosokoana Ladd, H.S. 1934. Geology of Vitilevu Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 119: 164-237 [220, t. 39:6-8].
• Monetaria (Ornamentaria) annulus scutellum Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1937. Revision of the genus Monetaria (Cypraeidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1936: 1113-1135 [1118, 1133, t. 1:15,18].
• Monetaria annulus dranga Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [308, t. 27:27-28].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [204]

 

Generic Combinations

• Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Meyer, C. 2005. Monetaria annulus Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/annulus.htm
• Cypraea (Monetaria) annulus Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [184]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west to central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock platforms, sand.

 

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [227] (as Cypraea annulus)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [60]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [204]

Meyer, C. 2005. Monetaria annulus Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/annulus.htm

Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (included in analysis)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)

Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 85: 1-246

Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [173]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [184, pl. 32, figs 5 a,b]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [119, pl. 355] (for Cypraea annulus (Coleman) and Ornamentaria annulus (Allan)) (Ringed Money Cowry)

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [204] (Ringed Cowry)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		18-Jan-2012	MODIFIED