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Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)

141720  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141720)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Triphoridae (Family)
  9. Triphorinae (Subfamily)
  10. Monophorus (Genus)
  11. Monophorus perversus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Trochus perversus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 760 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141720 on 2026-05-18
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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trochus perversus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 760 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cerithium inversum O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696 [details] 

original description (of Cerithium maroccanum Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 495 [details] 

original description (of Triforis benoitiana Aradas, 1869) Aradas, A. (1869). Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Triforis di Deshayes. <em>Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali.</em> 12(3).
page(s): 549 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trochus seriatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9 [labelled pl. 1-3 on plates]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=8OoTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA206
page(s): 210; pl. 7 [labelled 1 on plate], fig. 7 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Triforis perversus var. bicolor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592
page(s): 212; pl. 26 fig. 12 [details] 

original description (of Triforis perversus var. cylindrata Monterosato, 1878) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1878). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle Conchiglie mediterranee. <em>Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche.</em> 13: 61-115 [December 31st, 1878]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35333762
page(s): 98 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Triforis perversus var. hordacea Monterosato, 1889) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1889). Coquilles marines marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 20-40 [2 May 1889]; 37(2): 112-121 [20 September 1889]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015363
page(s): 39 [details] 

original description (of Triforis (Biforina) perversus var. gracilis Dautzenberg, 1895) Dautzenberg, P. (1895). Campagne de la Melita, 1892: Mollusques recueillis sur les côtes de la Tunisie et de l'Algérie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 8: 363-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10122164
page(s): 368 [details] 

original description (of Triphora perversa var. persica Melvill, 1918) Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 151 [details] 

original description (of Murex granulosus Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101 [details] 

original description (of Triforis perversus var. elongata Pallary, 1906) Pallary, P. (1906). Addition a la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. (3rd Article. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 54-2. [details] 

basis of record Bouchet P. (1985). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia.</em> 21: 5-58. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Triphora perversa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Triforis perversus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cerithium granulosum (Brocchi, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) (from synonym Cerithium perversum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) 
To Malacopics (Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi... 
To Malacopics (Monophorus perversus (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium perversum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Triphora perversa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Trochus perversus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis perversus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Biforina perversa (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Triforis perversus var. bicolor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis perversus var. cylindrata Monterosato, 1878)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis perversus var. hordacea Monterosato, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis perversus var. elongata Pallary, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis (Biforina) perversus var. gracilis Dautzenberg, 1895)
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium granulosum (Brocchi, 1814))
To PESI (from synonym Cerithium maroccanum Bruguière, 1792)
To PESI (from synonym Triforis benoitiana Aradas, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Trochus seriatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
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