Monophorus Amicitiae
''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 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'' (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 & ...
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Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as