MolluscaBase - Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

570811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570811)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monetaria Troschel, 1863

Original name

Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cypraea albella Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea bandata Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea caputanguis R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea caputcolubri Kenyon, 1898 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea caputserpentis caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Cypraea caputserpentis var. argentata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea caputserpentis var. candidata Sulliotti, 1924 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Cypraea caputserpentis var. caputcolubri Kenyon, 1898 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Cypraea dorsoalbida J. M. Williams, 1914 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)

Cypraea reticulum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis kenyonae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted

Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis mikado F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted

Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis var. albosignata Coen, 1949 · unaccepted

Erosaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Erosaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Erosaria caputserpentis kenyonae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Erosaria caputserpentis var. albosignata Coen, 1949 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Monetaria candidata (Sulliotti, 1924) · unaccepted (Synonym)

Monetaria caputserpentis argentata (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933) · unaccepted

Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Monetaria caputserpentis f. monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012 · unaccepted (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)

Monetaria caputserpentis kenyonae (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) · unaccepted

Monetaria caputserpentis var. aruni Lorenz, 2017 · unaccepted (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)

Monetaria caputserpentis var. meae Lorenz, 2017 · unaccepted (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)

Monetaria caputserpentis var. morderata Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)

name established at infrasubspecific rank

Monetaria caputserpentis var. nivalis Lorenz & Vulliet, 2015 · unaccepted (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)

Monetaria caputserpentis var. nubilosa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)

name established at infrasubspecific rank

Ravitrona caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Ravitrona caputserpentis mikado (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) · unaccepted

Ravitrona caputserpentis reticulum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Monetaria caputserpentis argentata (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933) accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Monetaria caputserpentis caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
Forma Monetaria caputserpentis f. monetserpentis Lorenz, Chiapponi & Mont, 2012 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
Subspecies Monetaria caputserpentis kenyonae (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Monetaria caputserpentis var. aruni Lorenz, 2017 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
Variety Monetaria caputserpentis var. meae Lorenz, 2017 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
Variety Monetaria caputserpentis var. morderata Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
Variety Monetaria caputserpentis var. nivalis Lorenz & Vulliet, 2015 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank)
Variety Monetaria caputserpentis var. nubilosa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
Subspecies Monetaria caputserpentis nivalis Lorenz & Vuillet, 2016 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720-721 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570811 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-29 17:57:20Z

created

Moretzsohn, Fabio

2020-04-05 20:43:33Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 720-721 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea bandata Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Cypraea albella Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 404 [details]

original description (of Cypraea caputanguis R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 24 [details]

original description (of Monetaria caputserpentis var. meae Lorenz, 2017) Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 233 [details]

original description (of Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis mikado F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939]. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea dorsoalbida J. M. Williams, 1914) Williams, J. M. (1914). Exhibits. Journal of Conchology. 14: 152. [details]

original description (of Monetaria caputserpentis kenyonae (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938)) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939]. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea caputserpentis var. argentata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933) Dautzenberg P. & Bouge J.L. (1933). Les mollusques testacés marins des Etablissements Français de l'Océanie. Journal de conchyliologie. 77: 41-108; 145-326; 351-469.
page(s): 269 [details]

original description (of Cypraea caputserpentis var. candidata Sulliotti, 1924) Sulliotti, G. R. (1924). Note di patologia malacologica. (Contribuzione allo studio delle Cypraeidae). Articolo sesto. Imperia. 15 pp. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Monetaria caputserpentis var. aruni Lorenz, 2017) Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 233 [details]

original description (of Cypraea caputserpentis var. caputcolubri Kenyon, 1898) Kenyon, A. F. (1898). Note on Cypraea caput-anguis, Philippi, with the description of a new variety of C. caput-serpentis. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 77-79. [details]

original description (of Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis kenyonae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis var. albosignata Coen, 1949) Coen, G. (1949). Nota su alcune forme nuove di Cypreacea. Historia Naturalis. 3(1): 13-18.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea reticulum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3407 [details]

original description (of Monetaria caputserpentis var. nubilosa Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages. Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 16, pl. 4 figs 1-4 [details]

original description (of Monetaria caputserpentis var. morderata Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages. Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 16, pl. 4 figs 5-9 [details]

basis of record Meyer, C. (2003). Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the Tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 79: 401-459.
page(s): 411 [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Cheung, P. S. C. (1991). An intertidal survey Cape d' Aguilar, Hong Kong with special reference to the ecology of high-zoned rock pools. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 234-235 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	snake's head cowrysnake's head cowrieserpent's head cowryserpent's head cowrie	[details]
German	SchlangenkopfkauriKleines Schlangenköpfchen	[details]
Japanese	ハナマルユキ	[details]