Monodonta nebulosa
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Monodonta nebulosa
| image = Monodonta nebulosa 001.jpg
| image_caption = Monodonta nebulosa
| authority = (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
| synonyms =
- Monodonta dama (Philippi, 1848)
- Turbo nebulosus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775 (original combination)
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Monodonta nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.{{WRMS species|546926|Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)||13 March 2011}}
Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm, the body volume is 1.46 cm^3, and the wet body mass is 2.55 grams.{{Cite web|title=Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) data - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/3050308/data|access-date=2021-09-25|website=eol.org}} The species is a grazer, and eats mostly on low growing organisms, for example: grasses, forbs or algae.{{Cite web|title=Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/3050308|access-date=2021-09-25|website=eol.org}}{{Expand section|date=March 2011}}
Distribution
This species is distributed around the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.
References
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- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474–483
External links
{{Commons category|Monodonta nebulosa}}
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=15974|title=Monodonta nebulosa|access-date=16 March 2011}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1775
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