Monoplex corrugatus

Monoplex corrugatus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]

Monoplex corrugatus
Apertural view of Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. corrugatus
Binomial name
Monoplex corrugatus
(Lamarck, 1816) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cymatium corrugatum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Cymatium corrugatum corrugatum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex pairodoa Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • Simpulum corrugatum (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Simpulum corrugatum var. minima Pallary, 1900
  • Simpulum corrugatum var. minor-obesa Pallary, 1900
  • Triton affinis Deshayes, 1835
  • Triton corrugatum Lamarck, 1816
  • Triton corrugatum var. intermidens de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. pantanellii de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. propetuberculifera de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatum var. vivopse de Gregorio, 1884
  • Triton corrugatus Lamarck, 1816 (original combination)

Description

Shells of Monoplex corrugatus can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in).[3]

This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell.[4]

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea.[3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m.[4]

References


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