Monoplex pilearis ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Zootaxa 4162 (3), pp. 401-437 : 423

Monoplex pilearis ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Figs 7 L–M

Murex pileare Linnaeus, 1758: 749 .

Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare: Beu 1998 : figs 33d–e, 34c (full synonymy); Okutani 2000: 286 –287, pl. 142, fig. 13; Thach 2005: 105, pl. 29, fig. 3, pl 30, fig. 10; Poppe 2008a: 246 –247, pl. 268, figs 6, 8, 9, 11.

Monoplex pilearis: Zvonareva et al. 2015: 9 .

Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 5 specimens.

Abundance. Uncommon.

Measurements. Up to 130 mm ( Thach 2005).

Ecological notes. On intertidal rocky bottom ( Okutani 2000). In studied sites it was found on rocks and seedling stems in lowest part of intertidal zone.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast, southern delta ( Thach 2005).

General distribution. Throughout the IWP ( Beu 1998).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A – B. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (10 mm). C – D. Notocochlis cf. gualteriana (8 mm). E – F. Polinices mammilla (38 mm). G – H. Assiminea brevicula (6 mm). I – K. Stenothyra sp. (4 mm). L – M. Monoplex pilearis (59 mm). N – O. Gutturnium muricinum (48 mm). P – Q. Epitonium sp. (4 mm). R – S. Pictocolumbella ocellata (6 mm). T – U. Nassarius olivaceus (27 mm). V – W. Monoplex vespaceus (36 mm).