Monoplex tranquebaricus

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Monoplex tranquebaricus
Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. tranquebaricus
Binomial name
Monoplex tranquebaricus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Linatella) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1823)
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816)
  • Cymatium tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Eutriton (Simpulum) problematicumDautzenberg & Fischer, 1906
  • Triton chemnitziiGray, 1839
  • Triton tranqueribacusLamarck, 1816
  • Tritonium adansoniiDunker, 1853

Monoplex tranquebaricus, common name: the West African hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 21 mm and 80 mm.

Shell of Monoplex tranquebaricus (syntype at MNHN, Paris). Monoplex tranquebaricus (MNHN-IM-2000-26946).jpeg
Shell of Monoplex tranquebaricus (syntype at MNHN, Paris).
Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816) 23mm Tenerife, Canary Islands. Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816) (2).jpg
Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816) 23mm Tenerife, Canary Islands.


Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.

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