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''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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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