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Monodonta
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For the genus of moths, see Monodonta (moth).
Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Monodonta labio | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Monodonta Lamarck, 1799 |
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Trochus labio Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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The genus Monodonta was first separated from the Linnaean genus Trochus by Lamarck in 1801 with Trochus labio Linnaeus, 1758 given as the type species.[2] Labio is a junior homonym of Labio Oken, 1815, itself a synonym of Monodonta Lamarck, 1799[3][4]