Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Alternative spelling: Trochus (Monodonta)
Parent taxon: Trochinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Donald et al. 2005, Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1987 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Alcyna, Calthalotia, Cantharidella, Cantharidini, Cantharidus, Clanculus, Discotectus, Eurytrochus, Fagnastesia, Infundibulum, Nanula, Notogibbula, Phasianotrochus, Plectotrochus, Pyramis, Tectus, Thoristella, Tosatrochus, Trochini, Austrocochlea, Osilinus, Timisia, Phorculus, Chlorodiloma, Diloma
Subtaxa: Monodonta (Incisilabium) Monodonta (Neomonodonta) Monodonta cincta Monodonta diminuta Monodonta hardi Monodonta labio Monodonta marcaisi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (11), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (5)
• Pliocene of Cyprus (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Slovakia (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Jurassic of France (1)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 32 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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