Monotigma

Monotigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Monotigma
G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
Synonyms[1]
  • Actaeopyramis P. Fischer, 1885
  • Monoptygma (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Monotygma G.B. Sowerby II, 1839

Monotigma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2] The status of this genus was for a long time confused, but the situation was clarified in a review by van Aartsen (1986).

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Monotigma include:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bouchet, P. (2011). Monotigma G.B. Sowerby II, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236154 on 2011-11-09
  2. Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Monotigma
WoRMS 236154


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