Species Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Cypraea moneta 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. [312].
Type data:
Status unknown, Maldive Islands.
Cypraea moneta monetanigritarium 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] [as Cypraea moneta syn. monetanigritarium Linnaeus, 1758; Lorenz 2000 cites Lister 1688 as reference for the name monetanigritarium].
Cypraea moneta congo Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3415] [as Cypraea moneta syn. moneta congo Gmelin, 1791; considered an invalid name in Schilder 1971].
Cypraea numisma Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [24].
Cypraea gibbosa Schröter, J.S. 1804. Neue Conch. Arten (Weidemann). Arkiv för Zoologi 4(1): 1-113 [14].
Cypraea moneta tuberculosa Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [44] [as Cypraea moneta var. tuberculosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834; Burgess 1985 combination, Cypraea tuberculosa, not original according to Schilder 1971].
Cypraea barthelemyi Bernardi, M. 1861. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 46-49 [48, t. 1:3-4].
Cypraea marginata Kiesenwetter, H. von 1872. Cui bono, ein Vortrag von Linné. Sitzungsberichte und Abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft "Isis" in Dresden 1872 [47] [junior homonym to Gaskoin 1849].
Monetaria mercatorium Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [80, t. 1:3] [Burgess 1985 combination, Cypraea mercatorium, not original according to Schilder 1971].
Monetaria ethnographica Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [78, t. 1:2] [Burgess 1985 combination, Cypraea ethnographica, not original according to Schilder 1971].
Monetaria vestimenti Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [81, t. 1:4].
Monetaria pleuronectes Rochebrune, A.T. de 1884. Monographie desformes appartenant au genre Monetaria. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 1: 78-102 [85, t. 1:6].
Cypraea moneta chionella Sullioti, 1924.
Erosaria (Ocellaria) britannica Schilder, F.A. 1927. Revision der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 91A: 1-171 [108].
Monetaria ethnographica circumvallata Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1933. Die Cypraeidae von Niederlandisch Ost indien. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 163-205 [165, 199].
Monetaria moneta subalata Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1933. Die Cypraeidae von Niederlandisch Ost indien. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 163-205 [166,199].
Monetaria icterina rhomboides Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1933. Die Cypraeidae von Niederlandisch Ost indien. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 16: 163-205 [199].
Cypraea moneta candida Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, J.L. 1933. Les Mollusques Testacés Marins des Établissements Français de L'Océanie. Journal de Conchyliologie 77(2): 145-326 [284] [as Cypraea moneta var. candida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933; junior homonym to Pease 1865].
Monetaria monetoides Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [309, t. 27:25-26].
Monetaria harrisi Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [309].
Monetaria isomeres Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [309].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.60590 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].
Monetaria moneta erua Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [317].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14144, Suva, Fiji.
Monetaria moneta etolu Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [317].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14145, Suva, Fiji.
Monetaria moneta endua Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [317].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14143, Suva, Fiji.
Monetaria moneta annulifera Coen, G. 1949. Nota su alcune forme nuove di "Cypraecea". Historia Naturalis, Roma 3(1): 13-18 [14] [as Monetaria moneta var. annulifera Coen, 1949].
Type data:
Status unknown, SAMA, Indian Ocean.
Monetaria bulgarica Kojumdgieva, E. (in: Kojumdgieva, E. & Strachirimov, B.) 1960. Le Tortonien du type viennois. pp. 13-246 in Kojumdgieva, E. & Strachirimov, B. (eds). Fosilite na Bulgatija VII: Tortonian. Place of publishing unknown : Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Vol. 1960. [128, 237, 244, t. 34:15].

Generic Combinations

Monetaria moneta (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]
Erosaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [205]
Cypraea (Monetaria) moneta Linnaeus, 1758. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [184]

Distribution

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New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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)