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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:

Synonyms

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




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



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.




External links


Granata-Grillo, G. (1877). Sul Cirropteron semilunare Sars, e del nuovo sottgenere Monophorus. Bullettino della Societa Malacologia Italiana. 3: 54-60
Bouchet, P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia. 21: 5-58
Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls
Marshall B.A. (1983) A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119

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