Monoplex mundus explained

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.^[1] The species was discovered in 1849 by A. Gould. It was originally classified as Triton mundum.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 149 m.^[1] Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.^[1]

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). Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 (May 1849), 140-144
• Emerson W.K. (1991) First records for Cymatium mundum (Gould) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on the zoogeography of the tropical Trans-Pacific tonnacean and non-tonnacean prosobranch gastropods with Indo-Pacific faunal affinities in West American waters. The Nautilus, 105(2):62-80

Notes and References

1. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
2. Web site: Monoplex mundus (A. Gould, 1849) . . . marinespecies.org . Worms: World Registry of Marine Species . 22 November 2023 .