[A102042] Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Note: This species is called “money cowry” because the shells were historically widely used in many Pacific and Indian Ocean countries as shell money before coinage was in common usage.

SKU: A102042 Categories: , ,

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Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 12 × 12 × 12 cm
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19.3 mm

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