Monoplex

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Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

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Monoplex
Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus, the gold-mouthed triton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Perry, 1811
Type species
Monoplex australasiae
Perry, 1811
Synonyms[1]
  • Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Cymatriton Clench & Turner, 1957
  • Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945
  • Lampusia Schumacher, 1817
  • Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817
  • Triton (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Tritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817
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Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

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):[27] synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

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