Monilea
Monilea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. It is sharply striate and spirally . The umbilicus is partly filled by a prominent spiral funicle within that terminates at the columella. The sinuous columella terminates in a point or denticle at its base. The outer lip is lirate within. [2]
Species
Species within the genus Monilea include:
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [7]
- Monilea calyculus (Wood, 1828)
- Monilea celebensis Schepman, 1908
- Monilea chiliarches Melvill, 1910
- Monilea pudibunda Fischer, 1878
- Monilea rosea Tenison-Woods, 1876
- Monilea simulans Smith, 1899
- Monilea smithi (Wood, 1828 in 1818-28)
- Monilea solanderi (Philippi, 1851)
- Monilea turbinata Tenison-Woods, 1877
- Monilea unicarinata (Fischer, 1879)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Monilea chrysolamea (Martens, 1880) : synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
- Monilea laevissima (Martens, 1881) : synonym of Ilanga laevissima (Martens, 1881)
- Monilea lifuana Ladd, 1966 : synonym of as Trochus lifuanus Fischer, 1878
- Monilea lifuana (Fischer, 1878) : synonym of Trochus lifuanus Fischer, 1878
- Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828)[8] : synonym of Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)
- Monilea ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby, 1888) : synonym of Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G.B. sowerby, 1888)
- Monilea rhodomphala (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875) : synonym of Trochus rhodomphalus Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875
- Monilea singaporensis Pilsbry, 1889 : synonym of Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889)
References
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506