Monoplex trigonus

Monoplex trigonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. trigonus
Binomial name
Monoplex trigonus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium (Septa) trigonum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) trigonum (Gmelin, J.F., 1791)
  • Cymatium trigonum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex trigonus Gmelin, 1791
  • Tritonium ficoides L. A. Reeve, 1844
  • Triton caudatus Kiener, 1842
  • Triton ficoides Reeve, 1844
  • Triton samier Petit de la Saussaye, 1852

Monoplex trigonus, the trigonal hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola) and in the Caribbean Sea (Venezuela).

Description

The shell size varies between 21 mm and 60 mm.[citation needed]

The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.

trigonal hairy triton

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 15 m. Maximum recorded depth is 15 m.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  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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