''Monostiolum'' 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
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, 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
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized 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 classifi ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monostiolum'' include:
* ''
Monostiolum atlanticum'' (Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso, 1970)
* ''
Monostiolum auratum'' Watters & Finlay, 1989
* ''
Monostiolum crebristriatus'' (Carpenter, 1856)
* ''
Monostiolum fumosum'' Watters, 2009
* ''
Monostiolum harryleei'' Garcia, 2006
* ''
Monostiolum nigricostatum'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Monostiolum nocturnum'' Watters, 2009
* ''
Monostiolum pictum'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Monostiolum rosewateri'' Watters & Finlay, 1989
* ''
Monostiolum simonei''
Watters, 2016
* ''
Monostiolum tessellatum
''Monostiolum'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pisaniidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monostiolum'' include:
* ''Monostiolum atlanticum'' (Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso, 1970)
* ''Monos ...
'' (Reeve, 1844)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Monostiolum weberi'' (Watters, 1983):
synonym of ''
Bailya weberi'' (Watters, 1983)
References
* Watters G.T. & Finlay C.J. (1989) ''A revision of the western Atlantic Recent species of the genus Monostiolum Dall, 1904, and Bailya (Parabailya) new subgenus (Gastropoda: Buccinidae).'' The Veliger 32(1): 47-59.
January 1989page(s): 55
Pisaniidae
{{Caenogastropoda-stub