Monodonta nebulosa
Monodonta nebulosa | |
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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] | |
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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
- 1 2 Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483
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