Monodosus is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of very small and minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s with an
operculum,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monodosus Rubio & Rolán, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883926 on 2021-08-13]
Species
* ''
Monodosus brevispiralis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus externus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus multinodosus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus paucistriatus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus planus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus prolatus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus proximus''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
* ''
Monodosus simulans''
Rubio & Rolán, 2016
References
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2016). A new genus of the family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Trunctalloidea) with the description of eight new species. Iberus. 34(2): 109-126.
External links
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Vitrinellidae