Monoplex macrodon

Monoplex macrodon
A shell of Monoplex macrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Monoplex
Species:	M. macrodon
Binomial name
Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms
Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare Dall, 1909 Cymatium pileare (Dall 1909) Triton macrodon Valenciennes, 1832

Monoplex macrodon is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Distribution

This species is present in Baja California, Mexico – Colombia, in Galápagos, Clipperton Island and Cocos Island.

Description

Shells of Monoplex macrodon can reach a size of 35–90 millimetres (1.4–3.5 in).

Bibliography

• The Recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos, p 32
• Ranellidae & Personidae of the World, Pl. 14/3
• Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 262, p 122
• Valenciennes A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. pp. 262–339, pl. 57. In: A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland (eds), Observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée
• 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.

References

External links

• Jax Shells