Monoplex wiegmanni

Monoplex wiegmanni
Apertural view of Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838) with operculum and periostracum attached
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. wiegmanni
Binomial name
Monoplex wiegmanni
(Anton, 1838)
Synonyms[1]

Cymatium (Linatella) cynocephalum Clench & Turner, 1957
Fusus wiegmanni Anton, 1838
Triton chemnitzii Reeve, 1844
Triton perforatus Conrad, 1849
Tritonium nodosum sensu Martini Menke, 1851

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

References

  1. 1 2 Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838). WoRMS (2010). Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838). 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=476540 on 27 June 2010.


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