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Monodonta

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Description

Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monodonta, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2293053	https://www.gbif.org/species/2293053
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8992	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8992

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : Monodonta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Monodonta

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
superfamily	Trochoidea
family	Trochidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Trochinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Monodonta	Lamarck 1799

Scientific Name

Monodonta Lamarck, 1799

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1799. Prodrome d’une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l’établissement d’un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Monodonta	subgenus	belongs to Trochus	stated without evidence	Gould, 1849
Monodonta	genus	belongs to Monodontinae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1987
Monodonta	genus	belongs to Trochinae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Monodonta	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Monodonta	genus	belongs to Gibbulini	stated with evidence	Donald et al., 2005
Monodonta	genus	belongs to Trochinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Trochidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Trochidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monodonta

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Monodonta (Incisilabium) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Monodonta (Neomonodonta) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Monodonta angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta bartonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta canaliculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta canalifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta cancellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta cincta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Monodonta circumcincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta confusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrocochlea diminuta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Monodonta edentula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta exasperata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta exigua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta glabrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta hardi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Monodonta labio species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Monodonta legayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta lignoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta lirostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta livido-maculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta maculo-striatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta marcaisi species	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Monodonta minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta nebulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta neritoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta papilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta perplexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta philippina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta punctigera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta pygmaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta rugulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta spilota species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta staadti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta sulcifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta texana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta tricingulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta vermiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta viridis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus hardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus marcaisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Monodontes Montfort, 1810	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Monodontes*
Pimpellies Gistl, 1842	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Pimpellies*
Labio Oken, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Labio*
Neomonodonta Kuroda & Habe, 1971	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Neomonodonta*
Odontis Sowerby, 1825	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Odontis*
Monodon Lamarck, 1817	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Monodon*
Unidens Schinz, 1822	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Unidens*
Aradasia Gray, 1850	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Aradasia*
Mondonta Finlay, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Mondonta*
Trochidon Swainson, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochidae : *Trochidon*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1799	Monodonta Lamarck
1849	Trochus (Monodonta) Gould p. 107
1987	Monodonta Squires p. 22
1993	Monodonta Wilson p. 78
2002	Monodonta Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Monodonta Bouchet et al. p. 111
2005	Monodonta Donald et al. p. 482

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Donald K. M., Kennedy M., et al (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37, 474-483

Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809. - via World Register of Marine Species

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. H. N. Paris - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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