''Monoplex'' is a
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sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusk
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Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators.
Genera
The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:
* '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846
* '' ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include:
* ''
Monoplex amictus''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Monoplex aquatilis''
(Reeve, 1844)
* † ''
Monoplex cecilianus''
(Dall, 1916)
* † ''
Monoplex cercadicus''
(Maury, 1917)
* ''
Monoplex comptus''
(A. Adams, 1855)
* ''
Monoplex corrugatus''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* † ''
Monoplex dissimilis''
Landau, Beu, Breitenberger & Dekkers, 2020
* † ''
Monoplex distortus''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* † ''
Monoplex doderleini''
(D'Ancona, 1873)
* ''
Monoplex durbanensis''
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Monoplex exaratus''
(Reeve, 1844)
* † ''
Monoplex gatunicus''
Beu, 2010
* ''
Monoplex gemmatus''
(Reeve, 1844)
* † ''
Monoplex gradatus''
Craig, Tracey & Gain, 2020
* † ''
Monoplex gurabonicus''
(Maury, 1917)
* † ''
Monoplex heptagonus''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''
Monoplex intermedius''
(Pease, 1869)
* † ''
Monoplex jackwinorum''
Beu, 2010
* ''
Monoplex keenae''
Beu, 1970
* ''
Monoplex klenei''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
* ''
Monoplex krebsii''
(Mörch, 1877)
* ''
Monoplex lignarius''
(Broderip, 1833)
* † ''
Monoplex longispira''
Beu, 2010
* ''
Monoplex macrodon''
(Valenciennes, 1832)
* ''
Monoplex mundus''
(Gould, 1849)
* ''
Monoplex nicobaricus
''Monoplex nicobaricus'', known as the Nicobar hairy triton or goldmouth triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.
Distribution
This species of marine snail has a wi ...
''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''
Monoplex norai''
(Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)
* † ''
Monoplex panamensis''
Beu, 2010
* ''
Monoplex parthenopeus''
(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
* ''
Monoplex penniketi''
(Beu, 1998)
* ''
Monoplex pilearis
''Monoplex pilearis'', common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Atlantic, in the Red Sea and in the I ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* † ''
Monoplex rembangensis''
(Wanner & Hahn, 1935)
* † ''
Monoplex ritteri''
Schmelz, 1989
* † ''
Monoplex subcorrugatus''
(d'Orbigny, 1852)
* ''
Monoplex thersites''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Monoplex tranquebaricus''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Monoplex trigonus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Monoplex turtoni''
(E.A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Monoplex vespaceus''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Monoplex vestitus''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''
Monoplex wiegmanni''
(Anton, 1838)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Monoplex australasiae''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''Monoplex parthenopeus''
(Salis Marschlins, 1793)
* ''Monoplex capitatus''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Tudicla spirillus''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Monoplex cornutus''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''Monoplex exaratus''
(Reeve, 1844)
* ''Monoplex formosus''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Ranularia gutturnia''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Monoplex martinianus''
(d'Orbigny, 1847):
synonym of ''
Monoplex pilearis
''Monoplex pilearis'', common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Atlantic, in the Red Sea and in the I ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Monoplex oboesa''
Perry, 1811: synonym of ''
Ranularia oboesa''
(Perry, 1811)
References
Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40* Beu A.G. 2010
ugust ''Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus''. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls
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