Money cowry
A species of Monetaria Scientific name : Monetaria moneta Genus : Monetaria
Money cowry, A species of Monetaria
Botanical name: Monetaria moneta
Genus: Monetaria
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Description
Monetaria moneta, common name the money cowry, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.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.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Littorinimorph snails Family
Cowries Genus
Monetaria Species
Money cowry 
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