Monodonta

For the genus of moths, see Monodonta (moth).
Monodonta
Monodonta labio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Trochus labio Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Labio Oken, 1815
  • Monodontes Montfort, 1810
  • Neomonodonta Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  • Odontis Sowerby, 1825
  • Pimpellies Gistel, 1848
  • Trochidon Swainson, 1840

Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

The genus Monodonta was first separated from the Linnaean genus Trochus by Lamarck in 1801 with Trochus labio Linnaeus, 1758 given as the type species.[2]

Description

The very heavy, thick, solid shell has a turbinate-conic shape. The shell is smooth or spirally ridged. The outer lip is plicate within. The short, porcellanous columella is strong, cylindrical, bulging or more or less toothed near or at the base. Between this tooth and the basal margin there is a square notch or channel. The aperture is as high as wide.[2]

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs over a wide area: Central and East Indian Ocean, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysian Oceania, the Philippines, Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genus Monodonta include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ↑ Monodonta Lamarck, 1799.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ↑ Monodonta australis (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Monodonta canalifera Lamarck, 1816.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Monodonta labio (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Monodonta lugubris Lamarck, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Monodonta fulgurata (Philippi, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Monodonta obscura (Wood, 1828).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Lamarck, 1799, Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1: 74; Monodon [Cuvier, 1817] is an incorrect subsequent spelling.
  • Montfort, 1810, Conchyliologie systématique, 2: 194; Unjustified emendation of Monodonta
  • Moore, R.C. (1964). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part 1. Kansas : University of Kansas Press and Geological Society of America. Vol.1
  • 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.
  • Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809.
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