Monoplex corrugatus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. corrugatus
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| Monoplex corrugatus | |
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Description edit
Shells of Monoplex corrugatus can reach a size of 40–120 millimetres (1.6–4.7 in).[3]
This species has a large white shell with conical whorls provided with irregular knots. The mollusk is yellowish with red spots with white edges. The hairy and brown periostracum completely covers the shell.[4]
Distribution and habitat edit
This species can be found from Bay of Biscay to Angola and in the Mediterranean sea.[3] It lives on hard seabed at depths of 15 to 200 m.[4]
References edit
- ^ Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1816) Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (Ed.) Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes Divers. Veuve Agasse, Imprimeur, Paris,. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ a b Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Monoplex corrugatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b Aiamitalia
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