Monoplex

Monoplex
Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus, the gold-mouthed triton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Subfamily:	Cymatiinae
Genus:	Monoplex Perry, 1811
Type species
Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811
Synonyms[1]
Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810 Cymatriton Clench & Turner, 1957 Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 Tritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817

Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

• Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844)^[2]
• Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)^[3]
• Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855)^[4]
• Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)^[5]
• Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)^[6]
• Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)^[7]
• Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)^[8]
• Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869)^[9]
• Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970^[10]
• Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)^[11]
• Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877)^[12]
• Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833)^[13]
• Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)^[14]
• Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)^[15]
• Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)^[16]
• Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)^[17]
• Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998)^[18]
• Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[19]
• Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844)^[20]
• Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)^[21]
• Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791)^[22]
• Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890)^[23]
• Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)^[24]
• Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844)^[25]
• Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)^[26]

Species brought into synonymy 

• Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
• Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
• Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

References

1. Monoplex Perry, 1811. WoRMS (2010). Monoplex Perry, 1811. 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=463521 on 27 June 2010.
2. Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
3. Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
4. Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
5. Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
6. Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
7. Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
8. Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
9. Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
10. Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
11. Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
12. Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
13. Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
14. Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
15. Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
16. Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
17. Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
18. Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
19. Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
20. Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
21. Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
22. Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
23. Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
24. Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
25. Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.
26. Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2010.

• 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 [August]. 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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