Genus Monophorus Grillo, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monophorus Grillo, G.G. 1877. Sul Cirropteron semilunare Sara & del nuovo sotogenere Monophorus. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 3: 54-60 [58] [description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues: 15; Monoforus [Monterosato, 1884, Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee: 126] was suggested to be a more correct spelling, but was not used as valid, and is not an available name].

  Type species:

   Trochus perversus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Biforina Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. 1884. Les Mollusques marins du Rousillon. Gastropodes, Tome 1, Fasc. 5. Paris : J.-B. Baillière & Fils pp. 197-222, pls XXI-XXV. [209].

  Type species:

   Trochus perversus Linnaeus, 1766 by monotypy.
• Notosinister Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [384, 386].

  Type species:

   Triphora fascelina Suter, 1908 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean, New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Chang, C-K & Wu, W-L 2005. The Taiwan Mollusks II - Triphoridae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from Lutao, Taitung. Taiwan : Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica pp. 1-116. [40] (as Notosinister)

Marshall, B.A. 1983. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 2: 119 pp., 3 figs, 30 pls [26]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [269]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRIPHOROIDEA	22-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED