Monoplex

Monoplex
Five views of a shell of Monoplex nicobaricus, the gold-mouthed triton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Perry, 1811
Type species
Monoplex australasiae
Perry, 1811
Synonyms
  • 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

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

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