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Monetaria
Description | Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetaria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Monetaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Monetaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Monetaria Troschel, 1863 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Gebiss Schneck., 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cypraeidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore, grazer (based on Cypraeidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monetaria |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Monetaria (Ornamentaria) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Monetaria annulus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Monetaria bulgarica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria caputdraconis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria caputophidii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria caputserpentis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria mercatorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria moneta species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Monetaria obvelata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Monetaria plumaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Ornamentaria Schilder & Schilder, 1936 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Ornamentaria |
Aricia Gray, 1837 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Aricia |
Mercatoria Melvill, 1888 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Mercatoria |
Ravitrona Iredale, 1930 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Ravitrona |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1863 | Monetaria Troschel |
1946 | Cypraea (Monetaria) Abrard p. 100 |
2002 | Monetaria Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Monetaria Meyer |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!