Monoplex nicobaricus

Monoplex nicobaricus
Apertural view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Monoplex
Species:
M. nicobaricus
Binomial name
Monoplex nicobaricus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798)
  • Lampusia nicobarica (Röding, 1798)
  • Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822
  • Triton chlorostomum var. pumilio Mörch, 1877
  • Triton pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Tritonium adansonii Dunker, R.W., 1853
  • Tritonium lotorium Link, H.F., 1807
  • Tritonium nicobarius Röding, 1798 (basionym)

Monoplex nicobaricus, known as the Nicobar hairy triton or goldmouth triton, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a tropical marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cymatiidae.

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