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Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810)

570809  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570809)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Erosariinae (Subfamily)
  10. Monetaria (Genus)
  11. Monetaria obvelata (Species)
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Species
Cypraea calcarata Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea devians Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea nubilis Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea pressa Dillwyn, 1827 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Monetaria perrieri Rochebrune, 1884 · unaccepted (Synynym)

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(of Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 102 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570809 on 2025-09-10
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original description (of Cypraea tautirana Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193.
page(s): 190 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cypraea obvelata Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 102 [details] 

original description (of Monetaria perrieri Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea calcarata Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea devians Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cypraea pressa Dillwyn, 1827) Dillwyn, L.W. (1827). Remarks on Cypraeae described by Mr. Gray. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 315-317., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339517 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea nubilis Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). <i>Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto</i>. Imperia. 15 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Monetaria obvelata perrieri Rochebrune, 1884) Rochebrune, A.-T. (1884). Monographie des formes appartenant au genre <i>Monetaria</i>. <em>Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 1: 73-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890702
page(s): 92 [details] 

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 231 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Conchology (Monetaria obvelata f. perrieri) (from synonym Monetaria obvelata perrieri Rochebrune, 1884)
To Conchology (Monetaria obvelata) 
To Malacopics (Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) French Polynesia, among rubble and crushed coral with some algae, by snorkeling at 1-3 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) 
To Malacopics (Monetaria obvelata (Lamarck, 1810) French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Moria obvelata) 
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