Monoplex

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|image = Monoplex_nicobaricus_01.JPG

|image_caption = Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus, the gold-mouthed triton

|taxon = Monoplex

|authority = Perry, 1811

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|synonyms =

  • Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Cymatriton Clench & Turner, 1957
  • Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945
  • Lampusia Schumacher, 1817
  • Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817
  • Triton (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
  • Tritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817

| type_species = Monoplex australasiae

| type_species_authority = Perry, 1811

|display_parents= 3

}}

Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.{{WRMS species|463521|Monoplex Perry, 1811||6 December 2018}}

Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

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;Species brought into synonymy :

  • Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
  • Monoplex capitatus Perry, 1811: synonym of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
  • Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
  • Monoplex martinianus (d'Orbigny, 1847):{{WRMS species|1023582|Monoplex martinianus (d'Orbigny, 1847)||6 December 2018}} synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505 Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40]
  • 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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Category:Monoplex

Category:Gastropod genera