Monodonta nebulosa

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

Monodonta nebulosa
Monodonta nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
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)

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.

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References
  1. 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
  • "Monodonta nebulosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 March 2011.


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