Jan 11, 2017
Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) by Marcoquillages http://flic.kr/p/QXyx6A
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Monoplex nicobaricus (Röding, 1798) by Marcoquillages http://flic.kr/p/QXyx6A
#2956 - Monoplex exaratus - Ploughed Triton
A predatory Cymatiid found near Australia, Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the Red Sea, and South Africa, with a few dubious records around Senegal and the Caribbean. The Cymatiidae used to be a subfamily of the Ranellidae.
Woodman Point, Perth, WA
Ranularia monilifera - 59 mm, Madagascar
Septa peasi - 38 mm, Marquesas Isl.
Cymatium femorale - 127 mm, Martinique
Cymatium raderi - 200 mm, Brasil
Charonia variegata - 225 mm, Haïti
Triton's Trumpet (Charonia tritonis)
...a large species of Ranellid gastropod that occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans, including the Red Sea. Like other tritons adult C. tritonis are predators and will feed on other molluscs and starfish, which are grasped by C. tritonis' muscular foot and sawed with its radula. Once C. tritonis has broken through its prey item's shell/skeleton it releases a paralyzing saliva which subdues the prey and allows C. tritonis to feed freely.
Classification
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Caenogastropoda-Hypsogastropoda-Littorinimorpha-Tonnoidea-Ranellidae-Cymatinnae-Charonia-C. tritonis
Image: MerlinCharon