Monoplex nicobaricus

Monoplex nicobaricus
Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus
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. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Monoplex nicobaricus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798)
  • Lampusia nicobarica (Röding, 1798)
  • Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822
  • Triton chlorostomum var. pumilio Mörch, 1877
  • Triton pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Tritonium adansonii Dunker, R.W., 1853
  • Tritonium lotorium Link, H.F., 1807
  • Tritonium nicobarius Röding, 1798 (basionym)
Appertural view of Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)

Monoplex nicobaricus, common name Nicobar hairy triton or Goldmouth Triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.

Distribution

This species of marine snail has a wide distribution and lives in the Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic oceans. Regions where Monoplex nicobaricus is found include Aldabra, Brazil, Canaries, Cape Verde, Chagos, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 103 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 90 mm.[2]

In Hawaii, a group of three Monoplex nicobaricus (probably a mating pair and another male) have attracted a predatory Conus pennaeus, which is attacking the largest Monoplex

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex nicobaricus (Roding, 1798). 8 November 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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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