| Monetaria caputserpentis |
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| A live individual of Monetaria caputserpentis, anterior end towards the right |
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| A shell of Monetaria caputserpentis |
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| 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
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| 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
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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.