Monoplex vespaceus
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| image_caption = Shell of Monoplex vespaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
| taxon = Monoplex vespaceus
| authority = (Lamarck, 1822)
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- Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicum Garcia-Talavera, 1997
- Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum (J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1822)
- Eutritonium rembangense J. Wanner, & Hahn, 1935
- Triton elongatus Reeve, 1844
- Triton vespaceus Lamarck, 1822
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Monoplex vespaceus, common name the dwarf hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.{{WRMS species|476538|Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)||6 December 2018}}
Distribution
This species has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal), in the Indian Ocean (Tanzania and Mauritius), in the Indo-West Pacific (New Caledonia), in the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (Lesser Antilles, Belize, Colombia and Cayman Islands).
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 60 mm.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
The maximum recorded shell length is 41 mm.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|doi-access=free}}.
Habitat
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Further reading
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=1875|title=Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum|access-date=10 November 2010}}
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Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck