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Monophorus perversus

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Monophorus perversus
Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Monophorus
Species:
M. perversus
Binomial name
Monophorus perversus

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

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

Description

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Apertural view

References

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  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