Monoplex vespaceus

Monoplex vespaceus, common name the dwarf hairy triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Monoplex vespaceus
Shell of Monoplex vespaceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Monoplex
Species:	M. vespaceus
Binomial name
Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicum Garcia-Talavera, 1997 Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum (J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1822) Eutritonium rembangense J. Wanner, & Hahn, 1935 Triton elongatus Reeve, 1844 Triton vespaceus Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution and is found in the Atlantic Ocean (Cape Verde, West Africa, Ghana, Senegal), in the Indian Ocean (Tanzania and Mauritius), in the Indo-West Pacific (New Caledonia), in the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (Lesser Antilles, Belize, Colombia and Cayman Islands).^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 60 mm.^{[citation needed]}

The maximum recorded shell length is 41 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4.5 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 4.5 m.^[2]