Monotygma

Monotygma
Monotygma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Chrysallidinae
Genus: Monotygma
J. E. Gray, 1847
Species

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Monotygma is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae. The status of this genus was for a long time confused, but the situation was clarified in a review by van Aartsen (1986).

This genus has become a synonym of Monotigma G.B. Sowerby II, 1839

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Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Monotygma include:

  • Monotygma striata J. E. Gray, 1847 (Type species)
  • Monotygma eximia
  • Monotygma fulva A. Adams, 1851
  • Monotygma pareximia
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References

  • Aartsen, J. J. van (1986). "Nomenclatural notes I. On Actaeopyramis as related to Monoptygma, Monotigma and Monotygma". Bolettino Malacologico 22 (5-8): 182–184.. 

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