Monodonta

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Monodonta
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Monodonta labio
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Trochus labio
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Labio Oken, 1815
  • MonodontesMontfort, 1810
  • NeomonodontaKuroda & Habe, 1971
  • OdontisSowerby, 1825
  • PimpelliesGistel, 1848
  • TrochidonSwainson, 1840

Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

Contents

The genus Monodonta was first separated from the Linnaean genus Trochus by Lamarck in 1801 with Trochus labioLinnaeus, 1758 given as the type species. [2] Labio is a junior homonym of LabioOken, 1815, itself a synonym of MonodontaLamarck, 1799 [3] [4]

Description

The very heavy, thick, solid shell has a turbinate-conic shape. The shell is smooth or spirally ridged. The outer lip is plicate within. The short, porcellanous columella is strong, cylindrical, bulging or more or less toothed near or at the base. Between this tooth and the basal margin there is a square notch or channel. The aperture is as high as wide. [2]

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs over a wide area: Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysian Oceania, the Philippines, Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genus Monodonta include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Monodonta Lamarck, 1799 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ↑ OBIS: Labio Oken, 1815
  4. ↑ Moore, R.C. (1964). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part 1. Kansas : University of Kansas Press and Geological Society of America. Vol.1
  5. ↑ Monodonta australis (Lamarck, 1816) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Monodonta canalifera Lamarck, 1816 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Monodonta labio (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Monodonta lugubris Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Labio Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546893 on 2012-11-23
  10. ↑ Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  11. ↑ Monodonta fulgurata (Philippi, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
  12. ↑ Monodonta obscura (Wood, 1828) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 1 May 2010.
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