Monodonta nebulosa

Monodonta nebulosa
Monodonta nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Species: M. nebulosa
Binomial name
Monodonta nebulosa
(Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848)
  • Turbo nebulosus Forsskål 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]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

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

References

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