Monoplex

Monoplex is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Monoplex
Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus, the gold-mouthed triton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Monoplex Perry, 1811
Type species
Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811
Synonyms[1]
Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957 Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810 Cymatriton Clench & Turner, 1957 Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810 Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 Triton (Monoplex) Perry, 1810 Tritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817

Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

• Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844)^[2]
• Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)^[3]
• † Monoplex cecilianus (Dall, 1916)
• † Monoplex cercadicus (Maury, 1917)
• Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855)^[4]
• Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)^[5]
• † Monoplex dissimilis Landau, Beu, Breitenberger & Dekkers, 2020
• † Monoplex distortus (Brocchi, 1814)
• † Monoplex doderleini (D'Ancona, 1873)
• Monoplex durbanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)^[6]
• Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)^[7]
• † Monoplex gatunicus Beu, 2010
• Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)^[8]
• † Monoplex gradatus Craig, Tracey & Gain, 2020
• † Monoplex gurabonicus (Maury, 1917)
• † Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814)
• Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869)^[9]
• † Monoplex jackwinorum Beu, 2010
• Monoplex keenae Beu, 1970^[10]
• Monoplex klenei (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)^[11]
• Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877)^[12]
• Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833)^[13]
• † Monoplex longispira Beu, 2010
• Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)^[14]
• Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)^[15]
• Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)^[16]
• Monoplex norai (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)^[17]
• † Monoplex panamensis Beu, 2010
• Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998)^[18]
• Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)^[19]
• † Monoplex rembangensis (Wanner & Hahn, 1935)
• † Monoplex ritteri Schmelz, 1989
• † Monoplex subcorrugatus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
• Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844)^[20]
• Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)^[21]
• Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791)^[22]
• Monoplex turtoni (E.A. Smith, 1890)^[23]
• Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)^[24]
• Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844)^[25]
• Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)^[26]

Species brought into synonymy

• Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
• Monoplex capitatus Perry, 1811: synonym of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811: synonym of Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
• Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798)
• Monoplex martinianus (d'Orbigny, 1847):^[27] synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)