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Data sheet

Family

Cypraeidae

Genus

monetaria

Species

annulus

Author

Linné, 1758

Size (mm)

24.3

Country

Madagascar

Locality

Nosy-be.

Range

Central Indian, Ocean to the Red Sea the Gulf of Aqaba to Dahlak Archipelago, Somalia and the Yemen to Oman and from, Eastern African, Coasts Kenya Tanzania Mozambique and, Eastern Coasts, of South Africa up to Madagascar and Mascarenes, Basin, from
Comoros Is., to the Mauritius Reunion Is., to the Seychelles and, the Coasts, of Aldabra Is up to the Maldives Is and the Sri Lanka from India Coast to Cocos Is Indonesia and in the Central, Pacific Ocean
Philippines up to South China Sea, North Western, Australia Queensland, and, to Dampier Archipelago, toward the New Caledonia, and Samoa Is. the Marshall Is. to Kwajalein atoll and the Hawaiian Islands.

Grading

Gem

Collected in

1969

Ranking

** Moderately common

Mètres

-8