Monetaria caputserpentis

Monetaria caputserpentis
	A live individual of Monetaria caputserpentis, anterior end towards the right
	A shell of Monetaria caputserpentis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Monetaria
Species:	M. caputserpentis
Binomial name
	Monetaria caputserpentis; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Cypraea mauritiana Linnaeus, 1758; Cypraea reticulum Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea bandata Perry, 1811; Cypraea albella Lamarck, 1822; Cypraea caputanguis Philippi, 1849; Cypraea caputanguis var. sophia Brazier, 1897; Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758; Cypraea caputserpentis var. caputcolubri Kenyon, 1898; Cypraea caputserpentis var. candidata Sullioti, 1924; Cypraea caputserpentis var. argentata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933; Erosaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758); Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis kenyonae Schilder & Schilder, 1938; Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis mikado Schilder & Schilder, 1938; Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis var. albosignata Coen, 1949;

Monetaria caputserpentis, common name the serpent's-head cowry or snakehead cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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