Monoplex vespaceus

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Monoplex vespaceus
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Shell of Monoplex vespaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. vespaceus
Binomial name
Monoplex vespaceus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicumGarcia-Talavera, 1997
  • Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum (J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1822)
  • Eutritonium rembangense J. Wanner, & Hahn, 1935
  • Triton elongatus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton vespaceusLamarck, 1822

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

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Distribution

This species has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal), in the Indian Ocean (Tanzania and Mauritius), in the Indo-West Pacific (New Caledonia), in the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (Lesser Antilles, Belize, Colombia and Cayman Islands). [1]

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 60 mm.[ citation needed ]

The maximum recorded shell length is 41 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4.5 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 4.5 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822) . 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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