Monoplex exaratus

Monoplex exaratus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Monoplex
Species:	M. exaratus
Binomial name
	Monoplex exaratus; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Cabestanimorpha euclia Cotton, 1945; Cymatium exaratum (Reeve, 1844); Cymatium zimara Iredale, 1929; Lotorium (Cymatium) kiiense G.B. Sowerby III, 1915; Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811; Triton exaratus Reeve, 1844; Triton obscurus A. Adams, 1855; Tritonium granulatum Dunker, 1871;

Monoplex exaratus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Description

Distribution

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Monoplex exaratus is found near Australia, Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the Red Sea, and South Africa. Sightings have been noted in Senegal and Caribbean Sea, but their veracity as evidence for distribution is doubtful.

References

^ ^a ^b Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

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[WoRMS-1] Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

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