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Species of gastropod
Monoplex nicobaricus
Apertural view
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Cymatiidae
Genus:
Monoplex
Species:
M. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Monoplex nicobaricus
Synonyms
[1]
Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798)
Lampusia nicobarica (Röding, 1798)
Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822
Triton chlorostomum var. pumilio Mörch, 1877
Triton pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1850
Tritonium adansonii Dunker, R.W., 1853
Tritonium lotorium Link, H.F., 1807
Tritonium nicobarius Röding, 1798 (
basionym )
Monoplex nicobaricus , known as the Nicobar hairy triton or goldmouth triton , is a
species of medium-sized
predatory
sea snail , a tropical
marine
gastropod
mollusc in the
family
Cymatiidae .
[1]
In
Hawaii , a group of three Monoplex nicobaricus (probably a mating pair and another male) have attracted a predatory
Conus pennaceus , which is attacking the largest Monoplex
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 ,
Costa Rica ,
European waters,
Florida ,
Gulf of Mexico ,
Mascarene Basin and
West Indies .
[1]
The maximum recorded
shell length is 90 mm.
[2]
The minimum recorded depth is at the surface and the maximum recorded depth is 36 m (118 ft).
[2]
Shells of
Monoplex nicobaricus
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"Cymatium (Monoplex) nicobaricum " . Gastropods.com . Retrieved 8 November 2010 .
Image of live individual in Hawaii
Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.
Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology. vol. 1
Mörch, O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum (contin.). Malakozoologische Blätter. 24: 14–66
Monoplex nicobaricus Tritonium nicobaricum