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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> nicobaricus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798)
=Lampusia nicobarica (Röding, 1798)
=Murex tautiranus Curtiss, 1938
=Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822
=Triton chlorostomum var. pumilio Mörch, 1877
=Triton pulchellus C.B. Adams, 1850
=Tritonium nicobaricum Röding, 1798
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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Monoplex (Genus)
> nicobaricus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936
=Cymatium (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
=Septa (Monoplex) Perry, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798)
=Lampusia nicobarica (Röding, 1798)
=Murex tautiranus Curtiss, 1938
=Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822
=Triton chlorostomum var. pumilio Mörch, 1877
=Triton pulchellus C.B. Adams, 1850
=Tritonium nicobaricum Röding, 1798
Details: Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and Atlantic. Kermadec Islands, from 0-15m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Dead specimens from intertidal to 15 metres
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Beu, A.G. 1998 Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 178 (p.107)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil