Monophorus perversus
Species of gastropod
Monophorus perversus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Family: | Triphoridae |
Genus: | Monophorus |
Species: | M. perversus |
Binomial name | |
Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Monophorus per versus is a species of minute sea snail with left-handed shell-coiling, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Triphoridae.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the Azores, around Great Britain and in European waters including the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Monophorus_perversus_002.jpg/220px-Monophorus_perversus_002.jpg)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141720 on 16 October 2012
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