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Monoplex penniketi

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Monoplex penniketi
Shell of Monoplex penniketi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. penniketi
Binomial name
Monoplex penniketi
(Beu, 1998)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Monoplex) penniketi Beu, 1998
  • Cymatium penniketi Beu, 1998 (original combination)

Monoplex penniketi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Oman.

References

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  1. ^ a b Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
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