Monoplex parthenopeus

Monoplex parthenopeus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Apertural view of Monoplex parthenopeus
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. parthenopeus
Binomial name
Monoplex parthenopeus
(Salis-Marschlins, 1793)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) echo Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) echo iwakawanum sensu Kuroda & Kira Shikama, 1964
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum (Salis, 1793)
  • Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium echo Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961
  • Cymatium parthenopeum (Von Salis, 1793)
  • Cymatium parthenopeum parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Cymatium turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Dissentoma prima Pilsbry, 1945
  • Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811
  • Murex costatus Born, 1778
  • Murex costulatus Risso, 1826
  • Murex parthenopus Salis-Marschlins, 1793
  • Ranella parthenopaeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) (incorrect generic placement; incorrect grammatical agreement of species epithet)
  • Ranella pyramidata Risso, 1826
  • Triton (Simpulum) acclivis Hutton, 1873
  • Triton abbreviatum Bellardi in d'Ancona, 1872
  • Triton acclivis Hutton, 1873
  • Triton americanum d’Orbigny, 1842
  • Triton brasilianum Gould, 1849
  • Triton fossatum Gould, 1860
  • Triton parthenopaeum [sic] (misspelling of Triton parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793))
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. antupa de Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. milona de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. peribranta de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton parthenopaeum var. sbilpa de Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton succinctum Lamarck, 1816

Monoplex parthenopeus,[3][4] common name the giant triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[2]

Fossil records

This species have been recorded as fossils from the Miocene to the Quaternary (from 15.97 to 0.0 million years ago). [5]

Distribution

This species occurs worldwide including:

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 180 mm.[7]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[7] Maximum recorded depth is 75 m.[7]

Life cycle

Hairy trumpets are notable for having particularly long planktonic periods. The veliger larvae remain in the plankton for nearly 300 days, dispersing as far as 4000 km.[8] This is the longest known larval duration and dispersal distance of any marine invertebrate which occurs along the west coast of North America.[9]

Gallery

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). Cymatium parthenopaeum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. 1 2 Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis-Marschlins, 1793). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis-Marschlins, 1793). 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=476531 on 8 May 2011.
  3. "Cymatium parthenopeum (Salis, 1793)", CLEMAM, accessed 18 February 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis, 1793)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. accessed 17 February 2011.
  5. Fossilworks
  6. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  7. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  8. Scheltema, R. S. 1971. Larval dispersal as a means of genetic exchange between geographically separated populations of shoalwater benthic marine gastropods. Biological Bulletin 140:284–322.
  9. AL Shanks, BA Grantham, MH Carr (2003) Propagule dispersal distance and the size and spacing of marine reserves. Ecological Applications, 13, S159-S169.

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