Species Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea caputserpentis 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. [720-721].

Generic Combinations

• Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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 [453]
• Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [179]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [205] (as Cypraea caputersepentis)

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. [206]

Meyer, C. 2005. Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758. Coarie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/caputserpentis.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

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [179, pl. 34, figs 2a-c]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. (Serpent's Head)

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