Serpent's Head Cowrie (Monetaria caputserpentis)

Invertebrateverified

Monetaria caputserpentis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Serpent's Head Cowrie

Also known as: Serpent's Head Cowry, Snake's Head Cowrie, Snake's-Head Cowry, Snakehead Cowrie

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Littorinimorpha

Family

Cypraeidae

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