Monoplex exaratus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. exaratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
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Monoplex exaratus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]According to the World Register of Marine Species, Monoplex exaratus is found near Australia, Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the Red Sea, and South Africa. Sightings have been noted in Senegal and Caribbean Sea, but their veracity as evidence for distribution is doubtful.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218