Monetaria Moneta

Animal

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Family	Cypraeidae
Scientific name	Monetaria moneta
Phylum	Mollusca
Higher classification	Monetaria
Rank	Species
Kingdom	Animalia
Date of Reg.	2020-04-03 18:52:49
Date of Upd.	2023-03-17 17:40:29
ID	2918620

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About Monetaria Moneta

Monetaria moneta, common name the money cowry, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Why Mauritius is losing its seashells

Dec 29,2021 5:11 am

... The Monetaria Moneta also used to be very common in Mauritius - it is known at the money cowrie as thousands of years ago it was used as a form of currency in some parts of Africa...