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Monetaria moneta
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cypraeidae
- Genus
- Monetaria
Where to Find
Found in 72 diving areas across 33 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 10 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 10 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 1 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 16 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 22 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 22 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 7 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 34 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 4 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 10 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 25 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 23 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 16 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 11 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 5 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 23 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 33 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 4 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 8 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 14 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 46 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 13 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 5 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 5 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 15 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 13 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 11 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 12 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 3 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 14 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 21 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 19 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 29 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 12 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 5 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 6 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 21 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 18 records