Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

[1] The generic placement is based on the molecular work of Meyer (2003).

Some authors have previously placed species in the genus Erosaria (e.g. caputserpentis, by Lorenz and Hubert, 2000) [1] Species within the genus Monetaria include:

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