''Monoplex'' is a genus of predatory

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family

Cymatiidae Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators. Genera The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera: * '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846 * '' ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include: * '' Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Monoplex aquatilis'' (Reeve, 1844) * † '' Monoplex cecilianus'' (Dall, 1916) * † '' Monoplex cercadicus'' (Maury, 1917) * '' Monoplex comptus'' (A. Adams, 1855) * '' Monoplex corrugatus'' (Lamarck, 1816) * † ''

Monoplex dissimilis ''Monoplex'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include: * '' Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Monoplex aquatilis'' (Reeve, 1844) * † ...

'' Landau, Beu, Breitenberger & Dekkers, 2020 * † '' Monoplex distortus'' (Brocchi, 1814) * † '' Monoplex doderleini'' (D'Ancona, 1873) * '' Monoplex durbanensis'' (E.A. Smith, 1899) * '' Monoplex exaratus'' (Reeve, 1844) * † '' Monoplex gatunicus'' Beu, 2010 * '' Monoplex gemmatus'' (Reeve, 1844) * † '' Monoplex gradatus'' Craig, Tracey & Gain, 2020 * † '' Monoplex gurabonicus'' (Maury, 1917) * † '' Monoplex heptagonus'' (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Monoplex intermedius ''Monoplex intermedius'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this famil ...

'' (Pease, 1869) * † ''

Monoplex jackwinorum ''Monoplex'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include: * '' Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Monoplex aquatilis'' (Reeve, 1844) * † ...

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Monoplex keenae ''Monoplex keenae'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family ar ...

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Monoplex klenei ''Monoplex klenei'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family ar ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) * '' Monoplex krebsii'' (Mörch, 1877) * '' Monoplex lignarius'' (Broderip, 1833) * † '' Monoplex longispira'' Beu, 2010 * '' Monoplex macrodon'' (Valenciennes, 1832) * '' Monoplex mundus'' (Gould, 1849) * ''

Monoplex nicobaricus ''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. Distribution This species of marine snail has a wi ...

'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Monoplex norai'' (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004) * † ''

Monoplex panamensis ''Monoplex'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. Species Species within the genus ''Monoplex'' include: * '' Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Monoplex aquatilis'' (Reeve, 1844) * † '' M ...

'' Beu, 2010 * '' Monoplex parthenopeus'' (Salis Marschlins, 1793) * '' Monoplex penniketi'' (Beu, 1998) * ''

Monoplex pilearis ''Monoplex pilearis'', common name the hairy triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Distribution This species is widespread in the Atlantic, in the Red Sea and in the In ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † '' Monoplex rembangensis'' (Wanner & Hahn, 1935) * † '' Monoplex ritteri'' Schmelz, 1989 * † '' Monoplex subcorrugatus'' (d'Orbigny, 1852) * '' Monoplex thersites'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Monoplex tranquebaricus'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Monoplex trigonus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Monoplex turtoni'' (E.A. Smith, 1890) * '' Monoplex vespaceus'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Monoplex vestitus'' (Hinds, 1844) * '' Monoplex wiegmanni'' (Anton, 1838) ;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): synonym of ''

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Monoplex oboesa'' Perry, 1811: synonym of '' Ranularia oboesa'' (Perry, 1811)

References

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 ugust ''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 {{Commons category Cymatiidae Gastropod genera