Monoplex nicobaricus
| Monoplex nicobaricus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymatiinae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. nicobaricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
 Appertural view of Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) | |
Monoplex nicobaricus, common name Nicobar hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.
Distribution
This species of marine snail has a wide distribution and lives in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic oceans. Regions where Monoplex nicobaricus is found include Aldabra, Brazil, Canaries, Cape Verde, Chagos, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 103 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 90 mm.[2]
In Hawaii, a group of three Monoplex nicobaricus (probably a mating pair and another male) have attracted a predatory Conus pennaeus, which is attacking the largest Monoplex
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monoplex nicobaricus (Roding, 1798). 8 November 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
Further reading
- Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells, second edition. Van Nostrand Rheinhold, New York, ISBN 0-442-20228-8.