Monostiolum tessellatum

Monostiolum tessellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

Monostiolum tessellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Monostiolum
Species:	M. tessellatum
Binomial name
Monostiolum tessellatum (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Caducifer swifti (Tryon, 1881) Caducifer tessellatum (Reeve, 1844) Colubraria swifti (Tryon, 1881) Daphnella igniflua (Reeve, 1845) Fusus swifti (Tryon, 1881) (unnecessary combination) Pisania igniflua (Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma igniflua Reeve, 1845 Pollia tessellatum (Reeve, 1844) Triton (Epidromus) swifti Tryon, 1881 Triton swifti Tryon, 1881 Triton tessellatus Reeve, 1844 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

• Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-20
• Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 19-33
• Watters G.T. & Finlay C.J. (1989) A revision of the western Atlantic Recent species of the genus Monostiolum Dall, 1904, and Bailya (Parabailya) new subgenus (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). The Veliger 32(1): 47–59.

External links

• Watters, G. T. (2009). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae). The Nautilus. 123(4): 225-275
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.