Biology:Monodonta viridis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Monodonta viridis | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Monodonta viridis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Monodonta |
| Species: | M. viridis
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodonta viridis Lamarck, 1816
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| Synonyms | |
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Trochus melanochlorus Philippi | |
Monodonta viridis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
Description
The shell is almost similar to Monodonta australis, but is dark green, unicolored or nearly so.[3]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Monodonta viridis Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546928 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- [ Akihiko Matsukuma; Index to mollusks in Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique, part 23, pls. 391-488 by J. B. P. A. Lamarck; Conchologia ingrata no. 6 (2012)]
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6901541 entry
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