Monoplex tranquebaricus

Monoplex tranquebaricus
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. tranquebaricus
Binomial name
	Monoplex tranquebaricus; (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
	Cymatium (Linatella) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1823); Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816); Cymatium tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1816); Eutriton (Simpulum) problematicum Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906; Triton chemnitzii Gray, 1839; Triton tranqueribacus Lamarck, 1816; Tritonium adansonii Dunker, 1853;

Monoplex tranquebaricus, common name: the West African Hairy 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 21 mm and 80 mm

This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.

^ ^a ^b Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816). 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=476535 on 10 November 2010 .

Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates