Monoplex nicobaricus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|synonyms=* 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)
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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.
File:Conus pennaeus attacks pair of Cymatium sp.jpg, a group of three Monoplex nicobaricus (probably a mating pair and another male) feasting on Conus pennaceus, Monoplex nicobaricus is well known for actively hunting Conidae species.]]
Distribution
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.{{WRMS species|476529 |Monoplex nicobaricus (Roding, 1798)|8 November 2010}}
Description
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth is at the surface and the maximum recorded depth is {{cvt|36|m}}.
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|Monoplex nicobaricus 01.JPG|Shells of Monoplex nicobaricus
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References
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Further reading
- Curtiss A. (1938) A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society Islands. [Published by the Author]. Printed by Guide Printing, Brooklyn, New York, xvi + 193 pp.
- Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells, second edition. Van Nostrand Rheinhold, New York, {{ISBN|0-442-20228-8}}
- 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
External links
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- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=845|title=Cymatium (Monoplex) nicobaricum|access-date=8 November 2010}}
- [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/kalainvr/fish_pops/ranellid/shell01.htm Image of live individual in Hawaii]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796470 Adams, C. B. (1850). Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology. vol. 1]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685 Mörch, O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum (contin.). Malakozoologische Blätter. 24: 14–66]
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Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Molluscs of the Indian Ocean
Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde