Monodonta nebulosa explained

Monodonta nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm, the body volume is 1.46 cm^3, and the wet body mass is 2.55 grams.^[1] The species is a grazer, and eats mostly on low growing organisms, for example: grasses, forbs or algae.^[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed around the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) data - Encyclopedia of Life. 2021-09-25. eol.org.
2. Web site: Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) - Encyclopedia of Life. 2021-09-25. eol.org.