Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Monoplex pilearis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tritón esbelto, Sleder triton

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Tonnoidea

Family
Cymatiidae

Genus
Monoplex

Species
pilearis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare (Linnaeus, 1758), Cymatium (Monoplex) pileare orientalis Garcia-Talavera, 1987, Cymatium (Septa) pileare (Linnaeus, 1758), Cymatium (Septa) pileare martinianum (d'Orbigny, 1847), Cymatium andoi Nomura, 1935, Cymatium martinianum (d'Orbigny, 1847), Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758), Cymatium vestitum insulare Pilsbry, 1921, Eutritonium gembaccanum K. Martin, 1884, Eutritonium pileare (Linnaeus, 1758), Litiopa effusa C. B. Adams, 1850, Monoplex martinianus (d'Orbigny, 1847), Murex pileare Linnaeus, 1758, Saginafusus pricei perficus Iredale, 1931, Triton haemastoma Valenciennes, 1832, Triton latior Mörch, 1877, Triton martinianus d'Orbigny, 1847, Triton veliei Calkins, 1878, Tritonium (Simpulum) beccarii Tapparone Canefri, 1875, Tritonium olearium (Linnaeus, 1758) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Monoplex pilearis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20530. Accessed 5 November 2026.