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Species of gastropod

Monoplex mundus
Apertural view of Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species: M. mundus
Binomial name
Monoplex mundus
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium mundum (Gould, 1849)
  • Triton mundus Gould, 1849
  • Tritonium mauritianum Tapparone-Canefri, 1876

Monoplex mundus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm. The species was discovered in 1849 by A. Gould. It was originally classified as Triton mundum.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 149 m. Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.

References

  1. ^ Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849). 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.
  3. "Monoplex mundus (A. Gould, 1849)". marinespecies.org. Worms: World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  • Beu A.G. 2010 . 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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Taxon identifiers
Monoplex mundus
Triton mundum


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