Family Ranellidae Rank Species | Superfamily Tonnoidea Subfamily Cymatiinae Scientific name Monoplex nicobaricus Higher classification Monoplex | |
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Similar Ranellidae, Gutturnium muricinum, Gastropods, Molluscs, Monoplex aquatilis | ||
Monoplex nicobaricus, common name Nicobar hairy triton or Goldmouth Triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons.
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Distribution
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, European waters, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mascarene Basin and West Indies.
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 103 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 90 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.
References
Monoplex nicobaricus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA