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Monophorus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Triphoridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Triphoroidea

Rank
  
Genus

Monophorus

Similar
  
Triphoridae, Inella, Cerithiopsis

Monophorus thiriotea


Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.

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Species

Species within the genus Monophorus are as follows:

  • Monophorus alboranensis Rolán & Peñas, 2001
  • Monophorus ateralbus Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
  • Monophorus erythrosoma (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
  • Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889)
  • Monophorus pantherinus Rolán & Peñas, 2001
  • Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet, 1985
  • Monophorus verdensis Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
  • Distribution

    Species in this genus are found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

    References

    Monophorus Wikipedia