Monoplex macrodon
Monoplex macrodon is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
| Monoplex macrodon | |
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| A shell of Monoplex macrodon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. macrodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare Dall, 1909 | |
Distribution
This species is present in Baja California, Mexico – Colombia, in Galápagos, Clipperton Island and Cocos Island.[2]
Description
Shells of Monoplex macrodon can reach a size of 35–90 millimetres (1.4–3.5 in).[2]
Bibliography
- The Recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos, p 32
- Ranellidae & Personidae of the World, Pl. 14/3
- Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 262, p 122
- Valenciennes A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. pp. 262–339, pl. 57. In: A. von Humboldt & A. Bonpland (eds), Observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée
- Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls.
References
- Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832). 6 December 2018. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Gastropods
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