Monodonta nebulosa

Monodonta nebulosa
Monodonta nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Monodonta
Species: M. nebulosa
Binomial name
Monodonta nebulosa
(Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848)
  • Turbo nebulosus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (original combination)

Monodonta nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  • Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483


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