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Monotygma

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Monotygma
Shell of Monotygma julii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Amathinidae
Genus: Monotygma
G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
Type species
Monotygma striata Gray, 1847
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Actaeopyramis P. Fischer, 1885
  • Kleinella (Actaeopyramis) P. Fischer, 1885
  • Monoptygma Lea, 1833 sensu A. Adams, 1853
  • Monotigma G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
  • Pyramidella (Actaeopyramis) P. Fischer, 1885

Monotygma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2] The status of this genus was for a long time confused, but the situation was clarified in a review by van Aartsen (1986).

Life habits

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Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Monotygma:[1]

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ a b c "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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