Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Triphoroidea > Family Triphoridae > Subfamily Triphorinae > Genus Monophorus

Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monophorus*	Granata Grillo, 1877	accepted genus name
*Biforina*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Triforis (Biforina)*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Triphoris (Monophorus)*	Granata Grillo, 1877	synonym

Species group names

*Biforina perversa*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Cerithium granulosum*	(Brocchi, 1814)	synonym
*Cerithium maroccanum*	Bruguière, 1792	synonym
*Cerithium perversum*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Murex granulosus*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Triforis (Biforina) perversus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Triforis (Biforina) perversus var. gracilis*	Dautzenberg, 1895	synonym
*Triforis benoitiana*	Aradas, 1869	synonym
*Triforis perversus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Triforis perversus var. bicolor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Triforis perversus var. cylindrata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym
*Triforis perversus var. elongata*	Pallary, 1906	synonym
*Triforis perversus var. hordacea*	Monterosato, 1889	synonym
*Triphora perversa*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Trochus seriatus*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia. 21: 5-58.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141720

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Environment

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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