Monotygma

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Monotygma
Monotygma julii 001.jpg
Shell of Monotygma julii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Amathinidae
Genus: Monotygma
G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
Type species
Monotygma striataGray, 1847
Synonyms [1]
List
  • ActaeopyramisP. Fischer, 1885
  • Kleinella (Actaeopyramis) P. Fischer, 1885
  • MonoptygmaLea, 1833 sensu A. Adams, 1853
  • MonotigmaG.B. Sowerby II, 1839
  • Pyramidella (Actaeopyramis) P. Fischer, 1885

Monotygma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2] The status of this genus was for a long time confused, but the situation was clarified in a review by van Aartsen (1986).

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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

The following species are recognised in the genus Monotygma: [1]

Synonyms

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  2. ↑ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN   0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.


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