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 <small>Rolán & Peñas, 2001</small>
- Monophorus amicitiae <small>Romani, 2015</small>
- Monophorus angasi <small>(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865)</small>
- Monophorus ateralbus <small>Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994</small>
- Monophorus atratus <small>(Kosuge, 1962)</small>
- Monophorus australicus <small>B. A. Marshall, 1983</small>
- Monophorus caracca <small>(Dall, 1927)</small>
- Monophorus cinereus <small>(Hedley, 1902)</small>
- Monophorus constrictus <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- â Monophorus cristulatus <small>Sacco, 1895</small>
- Monophorus diminutus <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus episcopalis <small>(Hervier, 1898)</small>
- Monophorus erythrosoma <small>(Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)</small>
- Monophorus fascelinus <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>
- Monophorus graphius <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus hopensis <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- â Monophorus insertus <small>(Marwick, 1928)</small>
- â Monophorus invectus <small>Harzhauser, 2014</small>
- Monophorus iwaotakii <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus lucidulus <small>(Hervier, 1898)</small>
- Monophorus micans <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus monachus <small>(Hervier, 1898)</small>
- Monophorus monocelha <small>M. Fernandes & Araya, 2019</small>
- Monophorus nigrofuscus <small>(A. Adams, 1854)</small>
- Monophorus nitidus <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus olivaceus <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Monophorus pantherinus <small>Rolán & Peñas, 2001</small>
- Monophorus perversus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Monophorus puniceus <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus quadrimaculatus <small>(Hervier, 1898)</small>
- â Monophorus renauleauensis <small>Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018</small>
- Monophorus rufulus <small>(R. B. Watson, 1886)</small>
- Monophorus stiparus <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus strictus <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus subaurus <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus tessellatus <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus testaceus <small>(Kosuge, 1963)</small>
- Monophorus thiriotae <small>Bouchet, 1985</small>
- Monophorus tubularis <small>(Laseron, 1958)</small>
- Monophorus verdensis <small>Fernandes & Rolán, 1988</small>
- Monophorus verecundus <small>M. Fernandes & Pimenta, 2020</small>
Synonyms:
- Monophorus fascelina <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>: synonym of Monophorus fascelinus <small>(Suter, 1908)</small> (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). . 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. 180âÂÂ213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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