Monodonta nebulosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Monodonta |
| Species: | M. nebulosa
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| Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
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Description
editThe 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.[2] The species is a grazer, and eats mostly on low growing organisms, for example: grasses, forbs or algae.[3]
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed around the Red Sea and the Eastern Indian Ocean.
References
edit- ^ a b Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Monodonta nebulosa (Forsskål ex Niebuhr 1775) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- 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
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