Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Ranellidae Scientific name Monoplex trigonus People also search for Monoplex klenei | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tonnoidea Subfamily Cymatiinae Rank Species | |
Monoplex trigonus, common name the Trigonal 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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Distribution
This species is distributed in European waters, the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Gabon, Angola, in the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela.
Description
The shell size varies between 21 mm and 60 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 15 m. Maximum recorded depth is 15 m.
References
Monoplex trigonus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA