Monoplex corrugatus | |
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Apertural view of Monoplex corrugatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Monoplex |
Species: | M. corrugatus
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Binomial name | |
Monoplex corrugatus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Monoplex corrugatus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [2]
Shells of Monoplex corrugatus can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in). [3]
This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell. [4]
This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea. [3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m. [4]
Monoplex corrugatus | |
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Apertural view of Monoplex corrugatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Monoplex |
Species: | M. corrugatus
|
Binomial name | |
Monoplex corrugatus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Monoplex corrugatus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [2]
Shells of Monoplex corrugatus can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in). [3]
This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell. [4]
This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea. [3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m. [4]