Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Cypraeidae
- genus
- Monetaria
- species
- Monetaria caputdraconis
Name
- Synonyms
- Cypraea caputdraconis Melvill, 1888
- Cypraea caputdraconis f. poppei P.Martin, 1989
- Erosaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Erosaria caputdraconis var. punctatissima Coen, 1949
- Erosaria punctatissima Coen, 1949
- Homonyms
- Monetaria caputdraconis (Melvill, 1888)
- Common names
- Pure in language.
- dragon's head cowry in English
- dragon's head cowry in English
Bibliographic References
- Burgess C.M. (1985). <i>Cowries of the world</i>. Cape Town: Gordon Verhoef, Seacomber Publications. xiv + 289 pp.
- Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp.
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
- Meyer C. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>, 79: 401-459.