Monilea simulans

Monilea simulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monilea
Species: M. simulans
Binomial name
Monilea simulans
(E. A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Monilia simulans E.A. Smith, 1899
  • Trochus (Monilea) warnefordi G. & H. Nevill

Monilea simulans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

This species differs from the type species (Monilea callifera) in having only faint indications of the nodose plications at the upper angle of the whorls. It also differs in color, being paler and less rosy. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Maldives, the Laccadives in the South China Sea and off Japan.

References

External links

External identifiers for Monilea simulans
WoRMS 732134
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