Monoplex exaratus

Monoplex exaratus
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. exaratus
Binomial name
	Monoplex exaratus; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Cabestanimorpha euclia Cotton, 1945; Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844); Cymatium zimara Iredale, 1929; Lotorium (Cymatium) kiiense G.B. Sowerby III, 1915; Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811; Triton exaratus Reeve, 1844; Triton obscurus A. Adams, 1855; Tritonium granulatum Dunker, 1871;

Monoplex exaratus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Description

^ ^a ^b Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex exaratus (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=476520 on 16 July 2012 .

Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

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