Monophorus perversus

Monophorus per versus is a species of minute sea snail with left-handed shell-coiling, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Triphoridae.[1]

Monophorus perversus
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Triphoridae
Genus:
Monophorus
Species:
M. perversus
Binomial name
Monophorus perversus

Distribution

This species is found in the Azores, around Great Britain and in European waters including the Mediterranean Sea.

Description
Apertural view

References
  1. 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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