Monilea

Monilea
Monilea
Monilea callifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Umboniinae
Genus: Monilea
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Trochus calliferus Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Monilea (Minolia) Adams, 1860
  • Monilea (Monilea) Swainson, 1840
  • Monilia (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Trochus (Monilea) Swainson, 1840

Monilea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

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Description

The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. It is sharply striate and spirally . The umbilicus is partly filled by a prominent spiral funicle within that terminates at the columella. The sinuous columella terminates in a point or denticle at its base. The outer lip is lirate within. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Monilea include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [7]

  • Monilea calyculus (Wood, 1828)
  • Monilea celebensis Schepman, 1908
  • Monilea chiliarches Melvill, 1910
  • Monilea pudibunda Fischer, 1878
  • Monilea rosea Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Monilea simulans Smith, 1899
  • Monilea smithi (Wood, 1828 in 1818-28)
  • Monilea solanderi (Philippi, 1851)
  • Monilea turbinata Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Monilea unicarinata (Fischer, 1879)
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Monilea chrysolamea (Martens, 1880)  : synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
  • Monilea laevissima (Martens, 1881)  : synonym of Ilanga laevissima (Martens, 1881)
  • Monilea lifuana Ladd, 1966  : synonym of as Trochus lifuanus Fischer, 1878
  • Monilea lifuana (Fischer, 1878)  : synonym of Trochus lifuanus Fischer, 1878
  • Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828)[8] : synonym of Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Monilea ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby, 1888)  : synonym of Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G.B. sowerby, 1888)
  • Monilea rhodomphala (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875)  : synonym of Trochus rhodomphalus Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875
  • Monilea singaporensis Pilsbry, 1889 : synonym of Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889)

References

  1. ^ a b Monilea Swainson, 1840.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206049 on 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Structural and systematic conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca, p.12; 1882
  3. ^ Monilea cocoa Okutani, 2001.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457988 on 1 May 2010.
  4. ^ Monilea goudoti (P. Fisher, 1878).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215797 on 1 May 2010.
  5. ^ Monilea nucleus (Philippi, 1849).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215795 on 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ Monilea pantanellii (Caramagna, 1888).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215798 on 1 May 2010.
  7. ^ OBIS : Monilea
  8. ^ Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215796 on 1 May 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506

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