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Monoplex

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Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyCymatiidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
141
With media
23
Family
Cymatiidae
Collections
USNM, UF, AUM, SDSM, MNHN, WAM
Recorded in
United States, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Venezuela, Taiwan, Kiribati, Oman

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Parent taxon
Ranellidae
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Monoplex nicobaricus 01.JPG
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Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.

==Species== Species within the genus Monoplex include: Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844) Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844) † Monoplex cecilianus (Dall, 1916) † Monoplex cercadicus (Maury, 1917) Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855) Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816) † Monoplex dissimilis Landau, Beu, Breitenberger & Dekkers, 2020 † Monoplex distortus (Brocchi, 1814) † Monoplex doderleini (D'Ancona, 1873) Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899) Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844) † Monoplex gatunicus Beu, 2010 Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844) † Monoplex gradatus Craig, Tracey & Gain, 2020 † Monoplex gurabonicus (Maury, 1917) † Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869) † Monoplex jackwinorum Beu, 2010 Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970 Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877) Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833) † Monoplex longispira Beu, 2010 Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832) Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849) Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004) † Monoplex panamensis Beu, 2010 Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998) Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758) † Monoplex rembangensis (Wanner & Hahn, 1935) † Monoplex ritteri Schmelz, 1989 † Monoplex subcorrugatus (d'Orbigny, 1852) Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844) Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816) Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791) Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890) Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822) Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844) Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838) Species brought into synonymy : Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Monoplex capitatus Perry, 1811: synonym of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767) Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844) Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798) Monoplex martinianus (d'Orbigny, 1847): synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758) Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

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