Monoplex gemmatus
| Monoplex gemmatus | |
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| 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. gemmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monoplex gemmatus, common name : jeweled triton or beaded triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476521 on 8 November 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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