Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Monoplex pilearis
Tritón esbelto, Sleder triton
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.