Monetaria caputophidii
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| Monetaria caputophidii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Monetaria |
| Species: | M. caputophidii |
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| Monetaria caputophidii (Schilder, 1927) | |
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Monetaria caputophidii, the Hawaiian snakehead cowrie, is a species[1] of sea snail in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [2]
It is an endemic species found in Hawaii. Its empty shell can be used to host a hermit crab. [3]
a painted hermit crab in an empty shell
