Monoplex mundus
species of mollusc
Monoplex mundus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm. The species was discovered in 1849 by A. Gould. It was originally classified as Triton mundum.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 149 m. Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.
References
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
External links
Gould, A. A. (1849).
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