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Monodonta

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Monodonta was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trochus (Monodonta) by Gould (1849).

It was assigned to Trochus by Gould (1849); to Monodontinae by Squires (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Gibbulini by Donald et al. (2005); and to Trochinae by Wilson (1993) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Monodonta Lamarck
1849Trochus (Monodonta) Gould p. 107
1987Monodonta Squires p. 22
1993Monodonta Wilson p. 78
2002Monodonta Sepkoski
2005Monodonta Bouchet et al. p. 111
2005Monodonta Donald et al. p. 482

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrochinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMonodontaLamarck 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Monodonta Lamarck 1799
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Subg. Monodonta (Neomonodonta) Kuroda and Habe 1971
Monodonta cincta Klipstein 1843
Monodonta diminuta Hedley 1912
Monodonta hardi Martin 1879
Monodonta labio Linnaeus 1758
Monodonta marcaisi d'Orbigny 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 235.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy M. cincta (146388)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France M. tegulata (38738)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. marcaisi (94265)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) M. cancellosa (7570)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland M. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium M. contracta (22931)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy M. quadrula, M. tauroparva (178108)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) M. kanzakii (176560)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria M. kimakowiczi (74651)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia M. kimakoviczi (73137)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia M. junghuhni (70098)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus M. sauciata (34689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy M. articulata (78312)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Trochus lineatus (127572 127573 127574 127579 127580 127586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Trochus lineatus (127594 127595 127599 127637) Trochus lineatus, Trochus sagittifera (127592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan M. labio (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain M. richardi, M. turbinata (127359) M. sagittifera, M. tamsi, M. turbinata (127358) M. tamsi (128327 128329) M. tamsi, M. turbinata (127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia M. nebulosa (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) M. labio (63319)