Monophorus

Monophorus
	Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Suborder:	Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Triphoridae
Genus:	Monophorus; Grillo, 1877
Type species
	Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, C., 1758);
Synonyms
	Biforina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884; Notosinister Finlay, 1926;

Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.^[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Monophorus are as follows:

Monophorus alboranensis Rolán & Peñas, 2001
Monophorus amicitiae Romani, 2015
Monophorus angasi (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865)
Monophorus ateralbus Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
Monophorus atratus (Kosuge, 1962)
Monophorus australicus B. A. Marshall, 1983
Monophorus caracca (Dall, 1927)
Monophorus cinereus (Hedley, 1902)
Monophorus constrictus (Laseron, 1958)
† Monophorus cristulatus Sacco, 1895
Monophorus diminutus (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus episcopalis (Hervier, 1898)
Monophorus erythrosoma (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
Monophorus fascelinus (Suter, 1908)
Monophorus graphius (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus hopensis (Laseron, 1958)
† Monophorus insertus (Marwick, 1928)
† Monophorus invectus Harzhauser, 2014
Monophorus iwaotakii (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus lucidulus (Hervier, 1898)
Monophorus micans (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus monachus (Hervier, 1898)
Monophorus monocelha M. Fernandes & Araya, 2019
Monophorus nigrofuscus (A. Adams, 1854)
Monophorus nitidus (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889)
Monophorus pantherinus Rolán & Peñas, 2001
Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monophorus puniceus (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus quadrimaculatus (Hervier, 1898)
† Monophorus renauleauensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
Monophorus rufulus (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Monophorus stiparus (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus strictus (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus subaurus (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus tessellatus (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus testaceus (Kosuge, 1963)
Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet, 1985
Monophorus tubularis (Laseron, 1958)
Monophorus verdensis Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
Monophorus verecundus M. Fernandes & Pimenta, 2020

Synonyms

Monophorus fascelina (Suter, 1908): synonym of Monophorus fascelinus (Suter, 1908) (incorrect gender)

Distribution[edit]

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[edit]

^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138573 on 10 May 2011

Marshall B.A. (1983) A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138573 on 10 May 2011

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