Monodonta vermiculata

Monodonta vermiculata
Monodonta vermiculata
Two shells of Monodonta vermiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Monodonta
Species: M. vermiculata
Binomial name
Monodonta vermiculata
(P. Fischer, 1874)

Monodonta vermiculata, common name the toothed topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

  1. ^ Monodonta vermiculata(P. Fischer, 1874) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546927  on 16 March 2011.
  • 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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