Monetaria moneta (species)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Mollusca (phylum) > Gastropoda (class) > Prosobranchia (subclass) > Mesogastropoda (order) > Cypraeoidea (superfamily) > Cypraeidae (family) > Monetaria (genus)
Descripción
Small marine gastropod that flourishes in the Indian Ocean, having a porcelain-like shell that is used as money in some parts of Africa and Southern Asia.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- money cowrie (species) [en]
- money cowries (species) [en]
- money couries (species) [en]
- Cypraea moneta (species) [en]
- Cypraea moneta (species) [la]