Monoplex klenei
| Monoplex klenei | |
|---|---|
| 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. klenei |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monoplex klenei 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 species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.
References
- 1 2 Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). 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=476524 on 16 July 2012.
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 74
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