Monodonta nebulosa

Monodonta nebulosa
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, 1775
Synonyms[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

  1. ^ 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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