Monodonta glabrata

Monodonta glabrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Species: M. glabrata
Binomial name
Monodonta glabrata
Gould, 1861 [1]
Synonyms

Monodonta glabratum Gould, 1861

Monodonta glabrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]

Description

The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 13 mm. The thick, smooth shell has a globose-conical shape. It is dark green, becoming black at times up to the apex and paler to the periphery. The shell contains seven convex whorls. The rounded-ovate aperture is large. The inner lip is sulcate. The columellar tooth is sharp and sulcate.[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China.

References

  1. Gould, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., viii, 1861, p.20.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Monodonta glabrata Gould, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546925 on 2012-11-23
  3. 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.
  4. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External identifiers for Monodonta glabrata
Encyclopedia of Life 18652871
WoRMS 546925
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