- Monodonta nebulosa
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Monodonta nebulosa Monodonta nebulosa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Trochoidea Family: Trochidae Subfamily: Monodontinae Genus: Monodonta Species: M. nebulosa Binomial name Monodonta nebulosa
Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775Synonyms[1] Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848)
Monodonta nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.
References
- ^ a b Monodonta nebulosa Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546926 on 13 March 2011.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483
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