''Monilea'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s in the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell has a more or less
developed callous ridge or funicle revolving on the inner side of the whorl within the
umbilicus, and terminating at the
columella, the edge of which is reflexed over it. The sinuous columella terminates in a point or denticle at its base. The outer lip is lirate within.
Distribution
The habitat of most species is in the
Indian Ocean, but some occur in the
Pacific Ocean.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monilea'' include:
* ''
Monilea belcheri''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Monilea callifera
''Monilea callifera'', common name shrewd trochid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
The Australian Faunal Directory recognizes '' Monilea lentiginosa'' Adams, 1853 as a synonym of ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822), the
type species
* ''
Monilea carmesina''
(Webster G.H., 1908)
* ''
Monilea chiliarches''
Melvill, 1910
* ''
Monilea cocoa''
Okutani, 2001
* ''
Monilea discerna''
(Iredale, 1937): (synonym: ''Talopena discerna''
Iredale, 1937)
* ''
Monilea gloriola''
(Iredale, 1929)
* † ''
Monilea grantmackiei
''Monilea'' is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell has a more or l ...
''
Hayward, 1981
* ''
Monilea incerta''
Iredale, 1912
* ''
Monilea lentiginosa
''Monilea lentiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2014). Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Monilea lifuana''
(Fischer, 1878)
* ''
Monilea pantanellii''
(Caramagna, 1888)
* ''
Monilea patricia''
(Philippi, 1851)
* ''
Monilea philippii
''Monilea philippii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2012). ''Monilea philippii'' A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
A. Adams, 1855
* ''
Monilea simulans
''Monilea simulans'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Monilea simulans E. A. Smith, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...
''
Smith, 1899
* ''
Monilea smithi
''Monilea smithi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Monilea smithi (Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/a ...
''
(Wood, 1828)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use
* ''
Monilea calyculus''
(Wood, 1828)
* ''
Monilea celebensis''
Schepman, 1908
* ''
Monilea pudibunda
''Monilea'' is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell has a more or l ...
''
Fischer, 1878
* ''
Monilea rosea
''Monilea'' is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell has a more or l ...
''
Tenison-Woods, 1876
* ''
Monilea solanderi
''Monilea'' is a genus of sea snails in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell has a more or l ...
''
(Philippi, 1851)
* ''
Monilea turbinata
''Monilea'' is a genus of sea snails in the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striated . The shell ...
''
Tenison-Woods, 1877
* ''
Monilea unicarinata''
(Fischer, 1879)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* Subgenus Monilea ''(Priotrochus)''
Fischer, 1880: synonym of ''
Priotrochus
''Priotrochus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
''
P. Fischer, 1879
* ''Monilea apicina''
Gould, 1861; synonym of ''
Parminolia apicina
''Parminolia apicina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Parminolia apicina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails ...
''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Monilea chrysolamea''
(Martens, 1880): synonym of ''
Priotrochus goudoti
''Priotrochus goudoti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2011). Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
''
(Fischer, 1878)
* ''Monilea corrugata''
A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''
Monilea lentiginosa
''Monilea lentiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2014). Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''Monilea degregorii''
(Caramagna, 1888): synonym of ''
Ethminolia degregorii
''Ethminolia degregorii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Ethminolia degregorii'' (Caramagna, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...
''
(Caramagna, 1888)
* ''Monilea goudoti''
(P. Fisher, 1878): synonym of ''
Priotrochus goudoti
''Priotrochus goudoti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.WoRMS (2011). Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
''
(Fischer, 1878)
* ''Monilea kalisoma''
A. Adams, 1853 (?): synonym of ''
Monilea patricia''
(Philippi, 1851)
* ''Monilea laevissima''
(Martens, 1881): synonym of ''
Ilanga laevissima
''Ilanga laevissima'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.WoRMS (2012). ''Ilanga laevissima'' (Martens, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
''
(Martens, 1881)
* ''Monilea morti''
(Iredale, 1929): synonym of ''
Monilea lentiginosa
''Monilea lentiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2014). Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''Monilea nucleus''
(Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''
Rossiteria nucleus
''Rossiteria nucleus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Rossiteria nucleus (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''Monilea obscura''
(Wood, 1828):
synonym of ''
Priotrochus obscurus
''Priotrochus obscurus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
;Subspecies:
* ''Priotrochus obscurus obscurus'' (Wood, 1828) (synonyms: ''Gibbula (Priotrochus) sepulchralis'' (Melvill ...
''
(W. Wood, 1828)
* ''Monilea oleacea''
Hedley & Petterd, 1906: synonym of ''
Archiminolia oleacea''
(Hedley & Petterd, 1906)
* ''Monilea philippensis''
(Watson, 1881): synonym of ''
Spectamen philippense
''Spectamen philippense'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The size of the shell attains 8 mm.
The shell has a trochiform shape with a broad base, more conical and less sc ...
''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''Monilea ponsonbyi''
(G.B. Sowerby, 1888) synonym of ''Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi''
(G.B. sowerby, 1888)
* ''Monilea rhodomphala''
(Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875): synonym of ''
Trochus rhodomphalus''
Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875 (species inquirenda)
* ''Monilea rotundata''
Sowerby III, 1894: synonym of ''
Minolia rotundata
''Minolia rotundata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 3½ mm, its diameter also 3½ mm. The shell has a globose-conoidal shape and is profoundly umbi ...
''
(Sowerby III, 1894)
* ''Monilea semireticulata''
Suter, 1908: synonym of ''
Minolia semireticulata''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''Monilea singaporensis'' : synonym of ''
Minolia singaporensis
''Conotalopia singaporensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2½ mm. The narrowly, deeply umbilicate shell has a conical-tur ...
''
(Pilsbry, 1889)
* ''Monilea spuria''
Gould, 1861: synonym of ''
Cinysca spuria
''Cinysca'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Areneidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cinysca'' include:
* '' Cinysca alvesi'' Rubio & Rolan, 2002
* ''Cinysca arlequin
''Cinysca arlequin'' is a species ...
''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Monilea vernicosa''
Gould, 1861: synonym of ''
Sericominolia vernicosa''
(Gould, 1861)
* ''Monilea zealandica''
Hutton, 1873: synonym of ''
Antisolarium egenum''
(Gould, 1849)
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar''. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
* Iredale, T. (1929). ''Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1.'' Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9 : 261-297, pl. 30-31.
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. (1962). ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 11
* Wilson, B., 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
* Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined''. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
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Gastropod genera