Monoplex

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title: "Monoplex" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["monoplex", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/monoplex" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoplex" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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• 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 | type_species = Monoplex australasiae | type_species_authority = Perry, 1811 |display_parents= 3

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

Species

Species within the genus Monoplex include:

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

;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): synonym of Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Monoplex oboesa Perry, 1811: synonym of Ranularia oboesa (Perry, 1811)

References

• Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
• 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

References

1. {{WRMS species. 463521. ''Monoplex'' Perry, 1811. 6 December 2018
2. {{WRMS species. 476515. ''Monoplex amictus'' (Reeve, 1844). 27 June 2010
3. {{WRMS species. 476516. ''Monoplex aquatilis'' (Reeve, 1844). 27 June 2010
4. {{WRMS species. 476517. ''Monoplex comptus'' (A. Adams, 1855). 27 June 2010
5. {{WRMS species. 476518. ''Monoplex corrugatus'' (Lamarck, 1816). 27 June 2010
6. {{WRMS species. 476519. ''Monoplex durbanensis'' (E.A. Smith, 1899). 27 June 2010
7. {{WRMS species. 476520. ''Monoplex exaratus'' (Reeve, 1844). 27 June 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 476521. ''Monoplex gemmatus'' (Reeve, 1844). 27 June 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 476522. ''Monoplex intermedius'' (Pease, 1869). 27 June 2010
10. {{WRMS species. 476523. ''Monoplex keenae'' Beu, 1970. 27 June 2010
11. {{WRMS species. 476524. ''Monoplex klenei'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889). 27 June 2010
12. {{WRMS species. 476525. ''Monoplex krebsii'' (Mörch, 1877). 27 June 2010
13. {{WRMS species. 476526. ''Monoplex lignarius'' (Broderip, 1833). 27 June 2010
14. {{WRMS species. 476527. ''Monoplex macrodon'' (Valenciennes, 1832). 27 June 2010
15. {{WRMS species. 476528. ''Monoplex mundus'' (Gould, 1849). 27 June 2010
16. {{WRMS species. 476529. ''Monoplex nicobaricus'' (Röding, 1798). 27 June 2010
17. {{WRMS species. 476530. ''Monoplex norai'' (Garcia-Talavera & de Vera, 2004). 27 June 2010
18. {{WRMS species. 476532. ''Monoplex penniketi'' (Beu, 1998). 27 June 2010
19. {{WRMS species. 476533. ''Monoplex pilearis'' (Linnaeus, 1758). 27 June 2010
20. {{WRMS species. 476534. ''Monoplex thersites'' (Reeve, 1844). 27 June 2010
21. {{WRMS species. 476535. ''Monoplex tranquebaricus'' (Lamarck, 1816). 27 June 2010
22. {{WRMS species. 476536. ''Monoplex trigonus'' (Gmelin, 1791). 27 June 2010
23. {{WRMS species. 476537. ''Monoplex turtoni'' (E.A. Smith, 1890). 27 June 2010
24. {{WRMS species. 476538. ''Monoplex vespaceus'' (Lamarck, 1822). 27 June 2010
25. {{WRMS species. 476539. ''Monoplex vestitus'' (Hinds, 1844). 27 June 2010
26. {{WRMS species. 476540. ''Monoplex wiegmanni'' (Anton, 1838). 27 June 2010
27. {{WRMS species. 1023582. ''Monoplex martinianus'' (d'Orbigny, 1847). 6 December 2018

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