''Monophorus'' is a
genus of minute
sea snail
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s with left-handed shell-coiling,
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 ...
mollusks or
micromollusk
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s in the
family Triphoridae
Triphoridae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Ptenoglossa, within the clade Hypsogastropoda. Almost all the species in this family are micromollusks and almost all are left-handed in she ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138573 on 10 May 2011]
Species
Species within the genus ''Monophorus'' are as follows:
* ''
Monophorus alboranensis''
Rolán & Peñas, 2001
* ''
Monophorus amicitiae''
Romani, 2015
* ''
Monophorus angasi''
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865)
* ''
Monophorus ateralbus''
Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
* ''
Monophorus atratus''
(Kosuge, 1962)
* ''
Monophorus australicus''
B. A. Marshall, 1983
* ''
Monophorus caracca
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Dall, 1927)
* ''
Monophorus cinereus''
(Hedley, 1902)
* ''
Monophorus constrictus''
(Laseron, 1958)
* † ''
Monophorus cristulatus''
Sacco, 1895
* ''
Monophorus diminutus''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus episcopalis''
(Hervier, 1898)
* ''
Monophorus erythrosoma''
(Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
* ''
Monophorus fascelinus''
(Suter, 1908)
* ''
Monophorus graphius
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus hopensis
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Laseron, 1958)
* † ''
Monophorus insertus
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Marwick, 1928)
* † ''
Monophorus invectus
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
Harzhauser, 2014
* ''
Monophorus iwaotakii
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus lucidulus
''Monophorus'' is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(Hervier, 1898)
* ''
Monophorus micans''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus monachus''
(Hervier, 1898)
* ''
Monophorus monocelha''
M. Fernandes & Araya, 2019
* ''
Monophorus nigrofuscus''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Monophorus nitidus''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus olivaceus''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Monophorus pantherinus''
Rolán & Peñas, 2001
* ''
Monophorus perversus
''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.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). ''Monophorus perversus'' (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed th ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Monophorus puniceus''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus quadrimaculatus''
(Hervier, 1898)
* † ''
Monophorus renauleauensis''
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* ''
Monophorus rufulus''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''
Monophorus stiparus''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus strictus''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus subaurus''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus tessellatus''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus testaceus''
(Kosuge, 1963)
* ''
Monophorus thiriotae''
Bouchet, 1985
* ''
Monophorus tubularis''
(Laseron, 1958)
* ''
Monophorus verdensis''
Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
* ''
Monophorus verecundus''
M. Fernandes & Pimenta, 2020
;Synonyms:
* ''Monophorus fascelina''
(Suter, 1908): synonym of ''Monophorus fascelinus''
(Suter, 1908) (incorrect gender)
Distribution
Species in this genus are found in the
Mediterranean Sea and in the
Atlantic Ocean around the
Azores, the
Canary Islands
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and
Cape Verde
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.
References
* Marshall B.A. (1983) ''A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia.'' Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.''
External links
Granata-Grillo, G. (1877). Sul Cirropteron semilunare Sars, e del nuovo sottgenere Monophorus. Bullettino della Societa Malacologia Italiana. 3: 54-60Bouchet, P. (1985). ''Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda)''. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia. 21: 5-58* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls]
Marshall B.A. (1983) A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119
Triphoridae
Gastropod genera
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