WoRMS taxon details
Monoplex G. Perry, 1810
463521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463521)
accepted
Genus
Monoplex australasiae G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) (type by subsequent designation)
Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 · unaccepted (unavailable name: no description)
Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymatium (Monoplex) G. Perry, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eutritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lotorium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Septa (Monoplex) G. Perry, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Triton (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Triton (Monoplex) G. Perry, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Tritonium (Lampusia) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Monoplex amictus (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Monoplex aquatilis (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Monoplex boroni Thach, 2024
- Species Monoplex comptus (A. Adams, 1855)
- Species Monoplex corrugatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Monoplex durbanensis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Species Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Monoplex gemmatus (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Monoplex intermedius (Pease, 1869)
- Species Monoplex keenae (Beu, 1970)
- Species Monoplex klenei (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890)
- Species Monoplex krebsii (Mörch, 1877)
- Species Monoplex lignarius (Broderip, 1833)
- Species Monoplex macrodon (Valenciennes, 1832)
- Species Monoplex mundus (A. A. Gould, 1849)
- Species Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
- Species Monoplex norai (García-Talavera & de Vera, 2004)
- Species Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
- Species Monoplex penniketi (Beu, 1998)
- Species Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monoplex thersites (Reeve, 1844)
- Species Monoplex tranquebaricus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Monoplex trigonus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Monoplex turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Species Monoplex vespaceus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Monoplex vestitus (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Monoplex wiegmanni (Anton, 1838)
- Species Monoplex australasiae G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monoplex capitatus Perry, 1811 accepted as Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monoplex cornutus Perry, 1811 accepted as Monoplex exaratus (Reeve, 1844) (uncertain synonym; nomen dubium)
- Species Monoplex formosus Perry, 1811 accepted as Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Monoplex martinianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Monoplex oboesus G. Perry, 1811 accepted as Ranularia oboesa (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Perry G. (1810-1811). <i>Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History</i>. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39045115
page(s): sgn. M7 [details]
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Taxonomy signature M7 (no included species); Perry, 1811: explanation to pl. 9.
Taxonomy signature M7 (no included species); Perry, 1811: explanation to pl. 9. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Monoplex G. Perry, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463521 on 2026-06-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Perry G. (1810-1811). <i>Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History</i>. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39045115
page(s): sgn. M7 [details]
original description (of Lampusia Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 76, 250 [details]
original description (of Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957) Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1957). The family Cymatiidae in the western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 3(36): 189-244., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113271
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945) Pilsbry, H. A. (1945). New Floridian marine mollusks. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 59-60, pl. 6, figs. 7-7b, text-fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523554
page(s): 59 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79., available online at https://bap.priweb2.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5607.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): sgn. M7 [details]
original description (of Lampusia Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 76, 250 [details]
original description (of Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936) Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [7 April 1936]., available online at https://journals.australianmuseum.net.au/iredale-1936-rec-aust-mus-195-267340/
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cymatium (Cymatriton) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1957) Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1957). The family Cymatiidae in the western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 3(36): 189-244., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113271
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Dissentoma Pilsbry, 1945) Pilsbry, H. A. (1945). New Floridian marine mollusks. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 59(2): 59-60, pl. 6, figs. 7-7b, text-fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523554
page(s): 59 [details]
basis of record Beu, A. G. (2010). Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama paleontology projects and uplift of the Central American isthmus. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 377-378: 1-550, pls. 1-79., available online at https://bap.priweb2.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5607.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 9 [details]
subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 47: 114-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8811798
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): pl. 9 [details]
subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 47: 114-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8811798
page(s): 138 [details]
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Taxonomy signature M7 (no included species); Perry, 1811: explanation to pl. 9. [details]
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