Monophorus perversus

Monophorus perversus
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Monophorus
Species: M. perversus
Binomial name
Monophorus perversus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Distribution

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

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


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