Monoplex

Monoplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Subfamily:	Cymatiinae
Genus:	Monoplex Perry, 1811
Synonyms[1]
Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810 Cymatriton Clench & Turner, 1957 Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817

Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

• Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844)^[2]
• Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)^[3]
• Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855)^[4]
• Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)^[5]
• Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)^[6]
• Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)^[7]
• Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)^[8]
• Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869)^[9]
• Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970^[10]
• Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)^[11]
• Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877)^[12]
• Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833)^[13]
• Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)^[14]
• Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)^[15]
• Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)^[16]
• Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)^[17]
• Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998)^[18]
• Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[19]
• Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844)^[20]
• Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)^[21]
• Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791)^[22]
• Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890)^[23]
• Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)^[24]
• Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844)^[25]
• Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)^[26]

Species brought into synonymy 

• Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811 : synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811 : synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
• Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811 : synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
• Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811 : synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Monoplex Perry, 1811. WoRMS (2010). Monoplex Perry, 1811. 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=463521 on 27 June 2010.
2. ^ Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476515 on 27 June 2010.
3. ^ Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476516 on 27 June 2010.
4. ^ Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476517 on 27 June 2010.
5. ^ Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476518 on 27 June 2010.
6. ^ Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476519 on 27 June 2010.
7. ^ Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476520 on 27 June 2010.
8. ^ Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476521 on 27 June 2010.
9. ^ Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476522 on 27 June 2010.
10. ^ Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476523 on 27 June 2010.
11. ^ Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476524 on 27 June 2010.
12. ^ Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476525 on 27 June 2010.
13. ^ Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476526 on 27 June 2010.
14. ^ Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476527 on 27 June 2010.
15. ^ Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476528 on 27 June 2010.
16. ^ Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476529 on 27 June 2010.
17. ^ Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476530 on 27 June 2010.
18. ^ Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476532 on 27 June 2010.
19. ^ Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476533 on 27 June 2010.
20. ^ Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476534 on 27 June 2010.
21. ^ Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476535 on 27 June 2010.
22. ^ Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476536 on 27 June 2010.
23. ^ Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476537 on 27 June 2010.
24. ^ Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476538 on 27 June 2010.
25. ^ Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476539 on 27 June 2010.
26. ^ Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476540 on 27 June 2010.

• Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. 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

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