Monoplex tranquebaricus
{{Short description|Species of predatory sea snail}}
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- Cymatium (Linatella) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1823)
- Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum (Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1816)
- Cymatium tranquebaricum (Lamarck, 1816)
- Eutriton (Simpulum) problematicum Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906
- Triton chemnitzii Gray, 1839
- Triton tranqueribacus Lamarck, 1816
- Tritonium adansonii Dunker, 1853
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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.{{WRMS species|476535|Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)||6 December 2018}}
Description
The shell size varies between 21 mm and 80 mm.
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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
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- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=2833|title=Cymatium (Monoplex) tranquebaricum|access-date=10 November 2010}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1816
Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Molluscs of the Canary Islands