Monoplex comptus

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Monoplex comptus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. comptus
Binomial name
Monoplex comptus
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms [1]

Cymatium (Monoplex) comptum(A. Adams, 1855)
Cymatium (Monoplex) comptum amphiatlanticumGarcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2003
Cymatium (Septa) gemmatumClench & Turner, 1957
Lampusia gracilisDall, 1889
Triton comptusA. Adams, 1855
Triton ridleyiE.A. Smith, 1890

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Monoplex comptus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

Description

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 34 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 214 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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