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Monoplex mundus

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Monoplex mundus
Apertural view of Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)
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. mundus
Binomial name
Monoplex mundus
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium mundum (Gould, 1849)
  • Triton mundus Gould, 1849
  • Tritonium mauritianum Tapparone-Canefri, 1876

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 149 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849). 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=476528 on 27 June 2010 .
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  • Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea.


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