Monilea Description
The solid shell has a depressed-conical shape. The outer surface is sharply, spirally striate and closely obliquely striate. The shell has a more or less
developed callous ridge or funicle revolving on the inner side of the whorl within the umbilicus , and terminating at the columella , the edge of which is reflexed over it. The sinuous columella terminates in a point or denticle at its base. The outer lip is lirate within.
Species
Species within the genus Monilea include:
Monilea callifera (Lamarck, 1822) , the type species Monilea carmesina (Webster G.H., 1908) : synonym of Thoristella carmesina (W. H. Webster, 1908) : synonym of Coelotrochus carmesinus (W. H. Webster, 1908) Monilea chiliarches Melvill, 1910 (taxon inquirendum)Monilea celebensis Schepman, 1908 Monilea cocoa Okutani, 2001 Monilea discerna (Iredale, 1937) :(synonym: Talopena discerna Iredale, 1937 : synonym of Sericominolia gloriola (Iredale, 1929) (superseded combination)Monilea engae Thach, 2025 Monilea frausseni Thach, 2023 Monilea gloriola (Iredale, 1929) : synonym of Sericominolia gloriola (Iredale, 1929) (superseded combination)† Monilea grantmackiei Hayward, 1981
Monilea haebaruensis MacNeil, 1961 Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1853) † Monilea lifuana (Fischer, 1878) : synonym of Sericominolia lifuana (P. Fischer, 1878) (superseded combination)
Monilea marshallensis Ladd, 1966 † Monilea mateana Ladd, 1934
Monilea moolenbeeki Thach, 2023 Monilea ngai Thach, 2023 Monilea pantanellii (Caramagna, 1888) : synonym of Gibbula pantanellii Caramagna, 1888 : synonym of Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 : synonym of Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) Monilea patricia (Philippi, 1851) Monilea phanriensis Thach, 2025 † Monilea riorapelensis S. N. Nielsen, Frassinetti & Bandel, 2004
Monilea simulans Smith, 1899 Monilea sliekeri hach, 2025 Monilea smithi (Wood, 1828) Monilea solandri (R. A. Philippi, 1851) Monilea warnefordi (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use
Monilea pudibunda Fischer, 1878 : (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)Monilea rosea Tenison-Woods, 1876 : synonym of Planacollonista rosea (Tenison Woods, 1876) Monilea turbinata Tenison-Woods, 1877 : synonym of Astele turbinata (Tenison Woods, 1877) : synonym of Chlorostoma scalaris (R. A. Philippi, 1844) : synonym of Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845) : synonym of Agathistoma lividomaculatum (C. B. Adams, 1845) (original combination)Monilea unicarinata (Fischer, 1879) [ citation needed ] Synonyms
Subgenus Monilea (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880 : synonym of Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879
Monilea apicina Gould, 1861 ; synonym of Parminolia apicina (Gould, 1861) : synonym of Talopena apicina (A. A. Gould, 1861) Monilea belcheri (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Talopena belcheri (R. A. Philippi, 1850) (superseded combination)Monilea calyculus (Wood, 1828) : synonym of Talopena calyculus (W. Wood, 1828) (superseded combination)Monilea chrysolamea (Martens, 1880) : synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878) Monilea corrugata A. Adams, 1854 : synonym of Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1853) Monilea degregorii (Caramagna, 1888) : synonym of Ethminolia degregorii (Caramagna, 1888) Monilea goudoti (P. Fisher, 1878) : synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878) Monilea incerta Iredale, 1912 : synonym of Talopena incerta (Iredale, 1912) (superseded combination)Monilea kalisoma A. Adams, 1853 (?): synonym of Monilea patricia (Philippi, 1851) Monilea laevissima (Martens, 1881) : synonym of Ilanga laevissima (Martens, 1881) Monilea morti (Iredale, 1929) : synonym of Monilea lentiginosa (A. Adams, 1853) Monilea nucleus (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Rossiteria nucleus (Philippi, 1849) Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828) : synonym of Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) Monilea oleacea Hedley & Petterd, 1906 : synonym of Archiminolia oleacea (Hedley & Petterd, 1906) Monilea philippensis (Watson, 1881) : synonym of Spectamen philippense (Watson, 1881) Monilea philippii A. Adams, 1855 : synonym of Talopena philippii (A. Adams, 1855) Monilea ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby, 1888) synonym of Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G.B. sowerby, 1888) Monilea rhodomphala (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875) : synonym of Trochus rhodomphalus Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875 (species inquirenda)Monilea rotundata Sowerby III, 1894 : synonym of Minolia rotundata (Sowerby III, 1894) Monilea semireticulata Suter, 1908 : synonym of Minolia semireticulata (Suter, 1908) Monilea singaporensis : synonym of Minolia singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1889) Monilea spuria Gould, 1861 : synonym of Cinysca spuria (Gould, 1861) Monilea vernicosa Gould, 1861 : synonym of Sericominolia vernicosa (Gould, 1861) Monilea zealandica Hutton, 1873 : synonym of Antisolarium egenum (Gould, 1849) References
Notes
↑ Swainson, Shells and shell-fish, p. 352 1 2 Monilea Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 July 2011. ↑ George Washington Tryon , Structural and systematic conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca , p.12; 1882↑ H. Pilsbry (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ↑ Monilea cocoa Okutani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010. ↑ Monilea pantanellii (Caramagna, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010. ↑ OBIS : Monilea ↑ Monilea goudoti (P. Fisher, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010. ↑ Monilea nucleus (Philippi, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010. ↑ Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
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