Monoplex vespaceus

Monoplex vespaceus, common name the dwarf hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Monoplex vespaceus
Shell of Monoplex vespaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
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

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal), in the Indian Ocean (Tanzania and Mauritius), in the Indo-West Pacific (New Caledonia), in the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (Lesser Antilles, Belize, Colombia and Cayman Islands).[1]

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. Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. 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.

Further reading
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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