Monetaria | |
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The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Monetaria Troschel, 1863[1] |
Type species | |
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]