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]
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| Shell of Monoplex tranquebaricus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. tranquebaricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 21 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ a b 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 edit
- "Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 November 2010.