Monoplex

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Kingdom Animalia Family Ranellidae Scientific name Monoplex Higher classification Ranellidae		Superfamily Tonnoidea Subfamily Cymatiinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Lower classifications Giant triton, Cymatium pileare, Goldmouth triton, Monoplex vespaceus

Monoplex parthenopeus salis marschlins 1793 live

Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855)

Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)

Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)

Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869)

Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970

Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)

Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877)

Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833)

Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)

Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)

Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)

Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)

Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)

Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998)

Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)

Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791)

Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890)

Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)

Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844)

Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)

Species brought into synonymy

Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)

Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)

Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)

Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

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