Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Amathinidae

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
*Monoptygma*	Lea, 1833 sensu A. Adams, 1853	misapplied name

Children

Monotygma fulva (A. Adams, 1853)
Monotygma lauta (A. Adams, 1853)
Monotygma watsoni (Hornung & Mermod, 1927)

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. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 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.
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. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monotygma G. B. Sowerby II, 1839. 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:138410