Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Cypraeidae

Monetaria annulus

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shell: small to moderately small, solid, ovate to sub-pyriform, ranging from 15-30 mm. Spire concealed. Teeth: 9 to 12 columellar teeth; 9 to 15 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous. Exterior colour cream; dorsum cream, pale blue or tan with yellow orange ring; base and margins cream; mantle line indistinct.


Specimens

Myora light,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: 1989
under coral slab in 50cm of water on snad, mud and coral rubble bottom 0.4m tide
forma: olgae  
 This form from Stradbroke island has orange brown blotches at the extremities and dorsum due to tannins in the water.
 Stradbroke Island,  Australia
 Size: 20.04mm    Collected: Unknown
On sea grass in intertidal sand pool.
Amity Point, Queensland,  Australia
 Size: 22.24mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from weedy sand pools on intertidal sand flats with shallow pools by hand [low tide]. Collected by Callum Woodward 15/5/1999
Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland,  Australia
 Size: 15.76mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under rocks on intertidal coral reef by hand [low tide]. Collected by Robert Ellis 23/8/2003
Lamont Reef,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: 2019
Under rocks on weather edge of reef at low tide. Common in the area.
Perfect Lagoon 21-186,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: Unknown
on reef in 2m of water
Twin Cays Reef 21-166,  Australia
 Size: 19mm    Collected: 2011
Live collected under intertidal rocks.
Dingo Beach,  Australia
 Size: 30mm    Collected: Unknown
Live collected under intertidal rocks.
forma: camellorum  Rochebrune, 1884
 This form albinistic.
 Bushy Island,  Australia
 Size: 22.95mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected form small hollows on shallow reef at extreme low tide.
Twin Cays Reef 21-166, Queensland,  Australia
 Size: 20.33mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under coral slabs on intertidal reef by hand [low tide]. Collected by Robert Ellis 27/9/2000
Minnie Waters, Nth Headland,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: 1989
found at low tide on rocky reef grey mantle
Norfolk Island,  Australia
 Size: 24.81mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Cocos & Keeling Islands,  Australia
 Size: 22.18mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Port Hedland,  Australia
 Size: 26.63mm    Collected: 1965
No data
Grand Central Station,  Solomon Islands
 Size: mm    Collected: 1998
found dead in sand on coral reef there were numerous other live specimens see dive log #28
Port Moresby,  Papua New Guinea
 Size: mm    Collected: 1984
under coral rocks on coral reef
Rabaul- Old,  Papua New Guinea
 Size: 15mm    Collected: 1965
On rubble under dead coral. Dwarf form.
Manus Island,  Papua New Guinea
 Size: 22.3mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Noumea,  New Caledonia
 Size: 21.63mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from rubble on shoreline at low tide.
forma: noumeensis  (Marie, 1869)
 The most easternmost race ranging from Ogasawara Islands and Botany Bay to East Polynesia
 Viti Levu,  Fiji
 Size: 29.55mm    Collected: 1973
Collected from exposed sand and reef at low tide.
Man Friday Resort,  Fiji
 Size: mm    Collected: 1997
found dead in sand and sea grass, also saw a number of live specimens in the same area, water had some silt in it. 1 meter of water and less.
Nadi,  Fiji
 Size: 16.05mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under dead coral at low tide.
Tahiti,  French Polynesia
 Size: 21.83mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from algae covered smashed coral rubble on reef top at low tide.
Tonga,  Tonga
 Size: 21.54mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
forma: noumeensis  (Marie, 1869)
 This form has a broad, conspicuous ring
 Pango,  Vanuatu
 Size: 15.52mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Perhentian Island,  Malaysia
 Size: 23.92mm    Collected: Unknown
NO data
Subspecies: Monetaria annulus alboguttata  Bozzetti, 2015
Alas Purwo,  Indonesia
 Size: 25.7mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected on intertidal reef by hand [low tide] at low tide.

Pangani,  Indonesia
 Size: 26.38mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
,  Indonesia
 Size: 15.13mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under rocks on intertidal reef by hand [low tide].

Sanur Beach,  Indonesia
 Size: 17.74mm    Collected: 1984
Collected form sand and rubble.
forma: scutellum  Schilder & Schilder, 1937
 the eastern part of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea are occupied by C. a. scutellum Schilder & Schilder, 1937
 Eilat,  Israel
 Size: 21.81mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from rubble on exposed reef at low tide
forma: dilatissima  
 This form from Oman. Often rhomboid;margins strongly calloused and separated from the dorsum by a depression
 Masirah Island,  Oman
 Size: 26.84mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under dead coral slabs and rubble on exposed reef at low tide.
forma: appendiculata  
 This variation has protuberances at the anterior end.
 Pemba Island,  Tanzania
 Size: 25.39mm    Collected: 2002
Collected from sand and rubble on exposed reef in shallow lagoon by local collectors
Bazaruto,  Mozambique
 Size: 24.87mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Nungwi,  Tanzania
 Size: 22.52mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from amongst weed and sand patches on exposed reef
Nosy Mangily,  Madagascar
 Size: 27mm    Collected: 2010
No data
Seychelles,  Seychelles
 Size: 24.85mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
forma: camellorum  Rochebrune, 188
Mauritius,  Mauritius
 Size: 23.36mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
Natal SA,  South Africa
 Size: 22.13mm    Collected: Unknown
No data
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