Habitat
Trawled 40–60 m. off Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 75 m.
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Species IUCN · Least Concern (LC)
Giant Hairy Triton Snail
Monoplex parthenopeus, (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
marine
About Giant Hairy Triton Snail
Monoplex parthenopeus, the giant triton or giant hairy triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. It preys on other molluscs.
Reproduction
Hairy tritons are notable for having particularly long planktonic periods. The veliger larvae remain in the plankton for nearly 300 days, dispersing as far as 4000 km. This is the longest known larval duration and dispersal distance of any marine invertebrate which occurs along the west coast of North America.
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