Biology:Monoplex tranquebaricus
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Short description: Species of predatory sea snail
| Monoplex tranquebaricus | |
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| Shell of Monoplex tranquebaricus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Caenogastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Littorinimorpha |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cymatiidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Monoplex |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">M. tranquebaricus |
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| Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)
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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 Cymatiidae.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
External links
- "Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_2833.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6901850 entry
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