Monostiolum tessellatum

Monostiolum tessellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Monostiolum
Species:	M. tessellatum
Binomial name
	Monostiolum tessellatum; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Caducifer swifti (Tryon, 1881); Caducifer tessellatum (Reeve, 1844); Colubraria swifti (Tryon, 1881); Daphnella igniflua (Reeve, 1845); Fusus swifti (Tryon, 1881) (unnecessary combination); Pisania igniflua (Reeve, 1845); Pleurotoma igniflua Reeve, 1845; Pollia tessellatum (Reeve, 1844); Triton (Epidromus) swifti Tryon, 1881; Triton swifti Tryon, 1881; Triton tessellatus Reeve, 1844 (basionym);

Monostiolum tessellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.^[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-20
Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 19-33
Watters G.T. & Finlay C.J. (1989) A revision of the western Atlantic Recent species of the genus Monostiolum Dall, 1904, and Bailya (Parabailya) new subgenus (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). The Veliger 32(1): 47–59.