Monoplex klenei

Monoplex klenei
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. klenei
Binomial name
Monoplex klenei
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium kleinei [sic] (misspelling)
  • Cymatium klenei (Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Triton klenei G.B. Sowerby III, 1889

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). 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=476524 on 16 July 2012.
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 74


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