Monophorus

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Monophorus
Monophorus perversus 001.jpg
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Monophorus
Grillo, 1877
Type species
Monophorus perversus(Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Synonyms
  • BiforinaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884
  • NotosinisterFinlay, 1926

Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Monophorus are as follows:

Synonyms
Monophorus nigrofuscus shells. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.346346 - Monophorus nigrofusca (Adams, 1851) - Triphoridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Monophorus nigrofuscus shells.

Distribution

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

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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