Monophorus

Monophorus
Monophorus
A shell of Monophorus perversus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Monophorus
Grillo, 1877
Type species
Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Species

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Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Monophorus are as follows:

  • Monophorus alboranensis Rolán & Peñas, 2001
  • Monophorus ateralbus Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
  • Monophorus erythrosoma (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
  • Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889)
  • Monophorus pantherinus Rolán & Peñas, 2001
  • Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet, 1985
  • Monophorus verdensis Fernandes & Rolán, 1988

Distribution

Species in this genus are found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean around the Azores, Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138573 on 10 May 2011
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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