Monophorus [SEP] parent taxon
Monophorus
Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.
Species.
Species within the genus "Monophorus" are as follows:
- "Monophorus alboranensis" Rolán & Peñas, 2001
- "Monophorus ateralbus" Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
- "Monophorus erythrosoma" (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
- "Monophorus olivaceus" (Dall, 1889)
- "Monophorus pantherinus" Rolán & Peñas
, 2001
- "Monophorus perversus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
- "Monophorus thiriotae" Bouchet, 1985
- "Monophorus verdensis" Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
Distribution.
Species in this genus are found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
References.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). "A classification of the living Mollusca". American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp