Monodonta nebulosa

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Monodonta nebulosa
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Monodonta nebulosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Species:
M. nebulosa
Binomial name
Monodonta nebulosa
(Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
  • Monodonta dama(Philippi, 1848)
  • Turbo nebulosusForsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (original combination)

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, the body volume is 1.46 cm^3, and the wet body mass is 2.55 grams. [2] The species is a grazer, and eats mostly on low growing organisms, for example: grasses, forbs or algae. [3]

Distribution

This species is distributed around the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.

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References

  1. 1 2 Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 March 2011.
  2. "Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. "Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.