Monodonta labio, (toothed top shell, lipped periwinkle) Description
Monodonta labio (Linnaeus, 1758) , a top snail in the family Trochidae
Date 2 September 2009
Source http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id98750/
Author Jan Delsing http://www.biolib.cz/en/person/id3973/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monodonta_labio_002.jpg
Monodonta labio, common name the toothed top shell or the lipped periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene basin and in the Western Pacific and off the Philippines. Superfamily: Trochoidea, Family: Trochidae, Genus: Monodonta, Species: Monodonta labio (Linnaeus, 1758).
Synonyms:
Trochus labio Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
Trochus novaezeelandica Röding, P.F., 1798
Monodonta immanis Fischer, 1880
Monodonta labio granulata Pilsbry, H.A., 1890
Monodonta melaurchelonis Philippi
Monodonta tuberculata A. Adams, 1853
