Monoplex corrugatus

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Monoplex corrugatus
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Apertural view of Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. corrugatus
Binomial name
Monoplex corrugatus
(Lamarck, 1816) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cymatium corrugatum(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium corrugatum corrugatum(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex pairodoaRisso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • Simpulum corrugatum(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Simpulum corrugatum var. minimaPallary, 1900
  • Simpulum corrugatum var. minor-obesaPallary, 1900
  • Triton affinisDeshayes, 1835
  • Triton corrugatumLamarck, 1816
  • Triton corrugatum var. intermidensde Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. pantanelliide Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. propetuberculiferade Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. vivopsede Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatusLamarck, 1816 (original combination)

Monoplex corrugatus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [2]

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Description

Shells of Monoplex corrugatus can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in). [3]

This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell. [4]

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea. [3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1816) Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (Ed.) Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes Divers. Veuve Agasse, Imprimeur, Paris,. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Monoplex corrugatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. 1 2 Aiamitalia


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