Monoplex parthenopeus

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Monoplex parthenopeus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
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Apertural view of Monoplex parthenopeus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. parthenopeus
Binomial name
Monoplex parthenopeus
Synonyms [2]
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius var. robustaBellatante, 1954
  • Cymatium (Linatella) valentineiOlsson & Petit, 1964
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) echoKuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) echo iwakawanumsensu Kuroda & Kira Shikama, 1964
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum (Salis, 1793)
  • Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium echoKuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961
  • Cymatium parthenopeum(Von Salis, 1793)
  • Cymatium parthenopeum parthenopeum(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium doliarium var. minorSegre, 1952
  • Cymatium turtoniE. A. Smith, 1890
  • Dissentoma primaPilsbry, 1945
  • Monoplex australasiaePerry, 1811
  • Murex costatusBorn, 1778 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex costatusPennant, 1777)
  • Murex costulatus Risso, 1826
  • Murex doliareBrocchi, 1814
  • Murex intermediusBrocchi, 1814
  • Murex parthenopusSalis-Marschlins, 1793
  • Ranella parthenopaeum(Salis Marschlins, 1793) (incorrect generic placement; incorrect grammatical agreement of species epithet)
  • Ranella pyramidataRisso, 1826
  • Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea echoBeu, 1970
  • Triton (Monoplex) fossatumGould, 1860
  • Triton (Simpulum) acclivisHutton, 1873
  • Triton abbreviatusBellardi in d'Ancona, 1872
  • Triton acclivisHutton, 1873
  • Triton americanumd'Orbigny, 1842
  • Triton brasilianumGould, 1849
  • Triton fossatumGould, 1860 (doubtful synonym)
  • Triton olearium var. escoffieraeFontannes, 1879
  • Triton parthenopaeum [sic] (misspelling of Triton parthenopeum(Salis Marschlins, 1793))
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. antupade Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. milonade Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. peribrantade Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. sbilpade Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. stimumde Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton succinctumLamarck, 1816
  • Tritonium hirsutumFranseschini, 1906

Monoplex parthenopeus, [3] [4] common name the giant triton or giant hairy triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [2] It preys on other molluscs.

Contents

Fossil records

This species have been recorded as fossils from the Miocene to the Quaternary (from 15.97 to 0.0 million years ago). [5]

Distribution

This species occurs worldwide including:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 180 mm. [7]

Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) (d\c) Canary Islands. Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793).jpg
Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) (d\c) Canary Islands.

Habitat

Trawled 40–60 m. off Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [7] Maximum recorded depth is 75 m. [7]

Life cycle

Hairy tritons are notable for having particularly long planktonic periods. The veliger larvae remain in the plankton for nearly 300 days, dispersing as far as 4000 km. [8] This is the longest known larval duration and dispersal distance of any marine invertebrate which occurs along the west coast of North America. [9]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Cymatium parthenopaeum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T6069A12386021. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T6069A12386021.en .
  2. 1 2 Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis-Marschlins, 1793) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2018.
  3. Cymatium parthenopeum (Salis, 1793)", CLEMAM, accessed 18 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis, 1793)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 17 February 2011.
  5. Fossilworks
  6. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  7. 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 .
  8. Scheltema, R. S. 1971. Larval dispersal as a means of genetic exchange between geographically separated populations of shoalwater benthic marine gastropods. Biological Bulletin 140:284–322.
  9. AL Shanks, BA Grantham, MH Carr (2003) Propagule dispersal distance and the size and spacing of marine reserves. Ecological Applications, 13, S159-S169.