Monoplex macrodon

Monoplex macrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Monoplex
Species: M. macrodon
Binomial name
Monoplex macrodon
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare Dall, 1909
Cymatium pileare (Dall 1909)
Triton macrodon Valenciennes, 1832

Monoplex macrodon is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476527 on 27 June 2010.


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