Monoplex vespaceus

Monoplex vespaceus
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. vespaceus
Binomial name
Monoplex vespaceus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicum Garcia-Talavera, 1997
  • Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum (J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1822)
  • Eutritonium rembangense J. Wanner, & Hahn, 1935
  • Triton elongatus Reeve, 1844
  • Triton vespaceus Lamarck, 1822

Monoplex vespaceus, common name the Dwarf Hairy Triton, 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 has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal, in the Indian Ocean along KwaZuluNatal, Tanzania and Mauritius, in the Indo-West Pacific, in the Red Sea, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, and Eastern Florida.

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 60 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 41 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4.5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4.5 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822). 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=476538 on 10 November 2010.
  2. 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.

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