Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxon Details

Family: CYPRAEIDAE

Genus: Monetaria

Species: Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Philippines, Makran (Oman) Sea

Uncommon

IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Littorinimorpha 

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea

Family: CYPRAEIDAE

This sample that you are observing online in Professor Nabavi Online Seashell Museum, is existing in Professor Nabavi’s Collection.

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Collection No: NC218

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Abdominal photo of this species