Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass [unassigned] Heterobranchia > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae

Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monotigma*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	orthographic variant
*Monotigma*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Monoptygma*	Lea, 1833 sensu A. Adams, 1853	misapplied name

Children

Monotygma amoena (A. Adams, 1853)
Monotygma fulva (A. Adams, 1853)
Monotygma lauta (A. Adams, 1853)

Literature

original description	Sowerby, G. B., II (1839). A Conchological Manual. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls. [pre 23 February]
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	van Aartsen J. J. (1986). Nomenclatural notes on Actaeopyramis as related to Monoptygma, Monotigma and Monotygma. Bollettino Malacologico 22 (5-6): 182-184
subsequent type designation	Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 129-219 [novembre]

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138410