Hexaplex
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Hexaplex is a genus
of medium-sized to large sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae
, the murex shells or rock snails.
Subgenus Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of medium-sized to large sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the murex shells or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Hexaplex include :- Hexaplex angularisHexaplex angularisHexaplex angularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Hexaplex bifasciatusHexaplex bifasciatusHexaplex bifasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(A. Adams, 1853) - Hexaplex bozzadamiiHexaplex bozzadamiiHexaplex bozzadamii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Franchi, 1990) - Hexaplex cichoreumHexaplex cichoreumHexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.-Distribution:This sea snail distribution is restricted to the West Pacific...
(Gmelin, 1791) - Hexaplex conatusHexaplex conatusHexaplex conatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(McMichael, 1964) - Hexaplex kusterianusHexaplex kusterianusHexaplex kusterianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) - Hexaplex megacerusHexaplex megacerusHexaplex megacerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834) - Hexaplex pecchiolianusHexaplex pecchiolianusHexaplex pecchiolianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(d'Ancona, 1871) - Hexaplex rosariumHexaplex rosariumHexaplex rosarium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Röding, 1798) - Hexaplex saharicusHexaplex saharicusHexaplex saharicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Locard, 1897) - Hexaplex stainforthiHexaplex stainforthiHexaplex stainforthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Reeve, 1843) - Hexaplex turbinatusHexaplex turbinatusHexaplex turbinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
- Hexaplex variusHexaplex variusHexaplex varius , common name : the varius murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sowerby, 1834)
Subgenus Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921
- Hexaplex bifasciatusHexaplex bifasciatusHexaplex bifasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(A. Adams, 1853) - Hexaplex brassicaHexaplex brassicaHexaplex brassica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:...
(Lamarck, 1822) - Hexaplex duplexHexaplex duplexHexaplex duplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.- Subspecies :...
Röding, 1798 - Hexaplex fulvescensHexaplex fulvescensHexaplex fulvescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Distribution:...
(Sowerby, 1834) - Hexaplex princepsHexaplex princepsHexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Broderip, 1833) - Hexaplex rosariumHexaplex rosariumHexaplex rosarium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Röding, 1798) - Hexaplex trunculusHexaplex trunculusHexaplex trunculus is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Hexaplex variusHexaplex variusHexaplex varius , common name : the varius murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sowerby, 1834)
Further reading
- Radwin G. E. & D'Attilio A. (1986) Murex shells of the world. An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, x + pp. 1–284 incl 192 figs. + 32 pls.