Monodonta viridis explained

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

• [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

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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.
3. https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia