Monophorus perversus

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Monophorus perversus
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Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Monophorus
Species:
M. perversus
Binomial name
Monophorus perversus

Monophorus per versus is a species of small sea snail with left-handed shell-coiling, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Triphoridae. [1]

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Distribution

The species is found in the Azores, around Great Britain and in European waters including the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

Apertural view Monophorus perversus 002.jpg
Apertural view

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141720 on 16 October 2012