Monophorus Explained

Monophorus is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Monophorus are as follows:

• Monophorus alboranensis Rolán & Peñas, 2001
• Monophorus amicitiae Romani, 2015
• Monophorus angasi (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865)
• Monophorus ateralbus Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 1994
• Monophorus atratus (Kosuge, 1962)
• Monophorus australicus B. A. Marshall, 1983
• Monophorus caracca (Dall, 1927)
• Monophorus cinereus (Hedley, 1902)
• Monophorus constrictus (Laseron, 1958)
• † Monophorus cristulatus Sacco, 1895
• Monophorus diminutus (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus episcopalis (Hervier, 1898)
• Monophorus erythrosoma (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978)
• Monophorus fascelinus (Suter, 1908)
• Monophorus graphius (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus hopensis (Laseron, 1958)
• † Monophorus insertus (Marwick, 1928)
• † Monophorus invectus Harzhauser, 2014
• Monophorus iwaotakii (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus lucidulus (Hervier, 1898)
• Monophorus micans (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus monachus (Hervier, 1898)
• Monophorus monocelha M. Fernandes & Araya, 2019
• Monophorus nigrofuscus (A. Adams, 1854)
• Monophorus nitidus (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus olivaceus (Dall, 1889)
• Monophorus pantherinus Rolán & Peñas, 2001
• Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monophorus puniceus (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus quadrimaculatus (Hervier, 1898)
• † Monophorus renauleauensis Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
• Monophorus rufulus (R. B. Watson, 1886)
• Monophorus stiparus (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus strictus (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus subaurus (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus tessellatus (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus testaceus (Kosuge, 1963)
• Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet, 1985
• Monophorus tubularis (Laseron, 1958)
• Monophorus verdensis Fernandes & Rolán, 1988
• Monophorus verecundus M. Fernandes & Pimenta, 2020

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). . 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

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus Grillo 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138573 on 10 May 2011