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Monoplex nicobaricus

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Monoplex nicobaricus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
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)

Monoplex nicobaricus, known as the Nicobar hairy triton or goldmouth triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

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

Distribution

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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, Costa Rica, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.[1]

Description

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

Habitat

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The minimum recorded depth is at the surface and the maximum recorded depth is 36 m (118 ft).[2]

  • Shells of Monoplex nicobaricus
    Shells of Monoplex nicobaricus

References

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

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  • Curtiss A. (1938) A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society Islands. [Published by the Author]. Printed by Guide Printing, Brooklyn, New York, xvi + 193 pp.
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells, second edition. Van Nostrand Rheinhold, New York, ISBN 0-442-20228-8
  • 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
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