Monostiolum
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Monostiolum is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...

, the true whelks.

Species

Species within the genus Monostiolum include:
  • Monostiolum fumosum
    Monostiolum fumosum
    Monostiolum fumosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Watters, 2009
  • Monostiolum harryleei
    Monostiolum harryleei
    Monostiolum harryleei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Garcia, 2006
  • Monostiolum nocturnum
    Monostiolum nocturnum
    Monostiolum nocturnum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    Watters, 2009
  • Monostiolum tessellatum
    Monostiolum tessellatum
    Monostiolum tessellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....

    (Reeve, 1844)
  • Monostiolum weberi (Watters, 1983)
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