Monoplex exaratus

Monoplex exaratus
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. exaratus
Binomial name
*Monoplex exaratus* (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms^[1]
Cabestanimorpha euclia Cotton, 1945 Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844) Cymatium zimara Iredale, 1929 Lotorium (Cymatium) kiiense G.B. Sowerby III, 1915 Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811 Triton exaratus Reeve, 1844 Triton obscurus A. Adams, 1855 Tritonium granulatum Dunker, 1871

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

References

1 2 Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). 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=476520 on 16 July 2012.

Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

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