Monostiolum tessellatum
| Monostiolum tessellatum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pisaniinae |
| Genus: | Monostiolum |
| Species: | M. tessellatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Monostiolum tessellatum (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monostiolum tessellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
References
- 1 2 Monostiolum tessellatum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 July 2012.
- 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.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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