Monodonta

Lipped periwinkle Monodonta labio, copyright eretyx.

Belongs within: Trochidae.

Monodonta is a genus of thick-shelled, spirally sculptured top shells known from the Upper Cretaceous to the present (Knight et al. 1960).

<==Monodonta Lamarck 1799BR05 (see below for synonymy)
|--*M. (Monodonta) labio (Linnaeus 1758) [=Trochus labio, *Labio labio, *Odontis labio, *Pimpellies labio]KC60
|--M. (Incisilabium Cossmann 1918)KC60
| `--M. (*I.) parisiensis Deshayes 1832KC60
|--M. (Monodontella Sacco 1896)KC60
| `--M. (*M.) quadrula (Michelotti 1840) [=Turbo quadrulus]KC60
`--M. (Osilinus Philippi 1847) (see below for synonymy)KC60
`--M. (*O.) punctulata Lamarck 1822KC60

Monodonta incertae sedis:
‘Trochius’ bullulaPP64
M. granulata Gray 1827 (n. d.)H08
M. lineataC60
M. lugubris Lamarck 1843 non Trochus lugubris Gmelin 1791 (not preoc. if in dif. gen.)F27
M. millelineatus (Bonnet 1864) [=Trochus millelineatus]H09
M. multicarinataB97
‘Trochocochlea’ mutabilisPB02
‘Labio’ porciferaF26
‘Trochocochlea’ striolataTW76
M. turbiformisPP64
M. turbinataBBB-S95
M. viridis Lamarck 1822H09
M. zebraH15

Monodonta Lamarck 1799BR05 [=Labio Oken 1815KC60, Monodontes Montfort 1810KC60, Odontis Sowerby 1825KC60, Pimpellies Gistel 1847KC60; incl. Trochidon Swainson 1840KC60; Monodontina]

Monodonta (Osilinus Philippi 1847) [incl. Caragolus Monterosato 1884, Gibbium Gray 1847 non Scopoli 1777, Nephteusa Monterosato 1888, Neptheusa Gray 1852, Trochius Gray 1847, Trochocochlea Mörch 1852]KC60

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BBB-S95] Boubezari, K., G. Bitar & D. Bellan-Santini. 1995. Structure et organisation de trois moulières (Mytilus galloprovincialis et Perna perna) de la région d’Alger. Mésogée 54: 63–72.

[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[B97] Brazier, J. 1897. Note on the shells found in kitchen middens at Bondi Bay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (4): 817–818.

[C60] Cox, L. R. 1960. Gastropoda: general characteristics of Gastropoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt I. Mollusca 1: Mollusca—General Features, Scaphopoda, Amphineura, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda—General Features, Archaeogastropoda and some (mainly Paleozoic) Caenogastropoda and Opisthobranchia pp. I84–I169. Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press.

[F26] Finlay, H. J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[H08] Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489, pls 7–10.

[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.

[H15] Hedley, C. 1915. Presidential address. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 49 (1): 1–77, pls 1–7.

[KC60] Knight, J. B., L. R. Cox, A. M. Keen, R. L. Batten, E. L. Yochelson & R. Robertson. 1960. Gastropoda: systematic descriptions. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt I. Mollusca 1: Mollusca—General Features, Scaphopoda, Amphineura, Monoplacophora, Gastropoda—General Features, Archaeogastropoda and some (mainly Paleozoic) Caenogastropoda and Opisthobranchia pp. I169–I331. Geological Society of America, and University of Kansas Press.

[PP64] Peres, J. M., & J. Picard. 1964. Nouveau manuel de bionomie benthique de la mer Mediterranee. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d’Endoume, Bulletin 31 (27): 5–137.

[PB02] Perkins, F. O., J. R. Barta, R. E. Clopton, M. A. Peirce & S. J. Upton. 2002. Phylum Apicomplexa Levine, 1970. In: Lee, J. J., G. F. Leedale & P. Bradbury (eds) An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa: Organisms traditionally referred to as Protozoa, or newly discovered groups 2nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 190–369. Society of Protozoologists: Lawrence (Kansas).

[TW76] Tenison Woods, J. E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 134–162.

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