Monoplex gemmatus

Monoplex gemmatus
	Monoplex gemmatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Monoplex
Species:	M. gemmatus
Binomial name
	Monoplex gemmatus; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Cymatium gemmatum (Reeve, 1844); Cymatium (Monoplex) gemmatum (Reeve, L.A., 1844); Septa gemmata (Reeve, 1844); Triton gemmatus Reeve, 1844;

Monoplex gemmatus, common name : jeweled triton or beaded triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

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