Monodonta viridis

Monodonta viridis
Drawing with two views of a shell of Monodonta viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Species: M. viridis
Binomial name
Monodonta viridis
Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms

Trochus melanochlorus Philippi

Monodonta viridis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Description

The shell is almost similar to Monodonta australis, but is dark green, unicolored or nearly so. [3]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Monodonta viridis Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546928 on 2012-11-23
  2. Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Monodonta viridis
Encyclopedia of Life 13701578
WoRMS 546928


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