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Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Cypraeoidea

Family
Cypraeidae

Genus
Monetaria

Species
annulus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

References

Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Monetaria annulus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14814. Accessed 2 August 2025.