Monodosus is a
genus
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of very small and minute
sea snail
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s with an
operculum,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monodosus Rubio & Rolán, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883926 on 2021-08-13]
Species
* ''
Monodosus brevispiralis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus externus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus multinodosus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus paucistriatus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus planus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus prolatus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus proximus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus simulans''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
References
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2016). A new genus of the family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Trunctalloidea) with the description of eight new species. Iberus. 34(2): 109-126.
External links
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Vitrinellidae