Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Tonnoidea Subfamily Cymatiinae Scientific name Monoplex vespaceus Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Ranellidae Genus Monoplex Higher classification Monoplex | |
Similar Cymatium, Ranellidae, Gastropods, Sassia semitorta, Monoplex mundus | ||
Monoplex vespaceus, common name the Dwarf 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 has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal, in the Indian Ocean along KwaZuluNatal, Tanzania and Mauritius, in the Indo-West Pacific, in the Red Sea, in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, and Eastern Florida.
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 60 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 41 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 4.5 m. Maximum recorded depth is 4.5 m.
References
Monoplex vespaceus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA