Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Ranellidae Scientific name Monoplex tranquebaricus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tonnoidea Subfamily Cymatiinae Rank Species | |
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Monoplex tranquebaricus, common name: the West African Hairy Triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.
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Description
The shell size varies between 21 mm and 80 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola and in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.
References
Monoplex tranquebaricus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA