Monoplex mundus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Monoplex mundus
Apertural view of Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. mundus
Binomial name
Monoplex mundus
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium mundum (Gould, 1849)
  • Triton mundus Gould, 1849
  • Tritonium mauritianum Tapparone-Canefri, 1876

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

Description

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The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm.[2] The species was discovered in 1849 by A. Gould. It was originally classified as Triton mundum.[3]

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 149 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  3. ^ "Monoplex mundus (A. Gould, 1849)". marinespecies.org. Worms: World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls
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