Hexaplex duplex
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| 'Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex | |
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| Shell of Hexaplex duplex Röding, 1798, with operculum, measuring 93.5 mm in height, from off the mouth of the Joel River, in Senegal, Africa. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Hexaplex |
| Subgenus: | Trunculariopsis |
| Species: | H. duplex |
| Trinomial name | |
| Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex Röding, 1798 | |
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies
- Hexaplex duplex duplex (Röding, 1798) - synonyms:[2] Murex eurystomus Swainson, 1833; Murex hoplites Fischer, 1876; Murex minima Dautzenberg, 1910; Murex saxatilis Linnaeus (auctt.); Purpura duplex Röding, 1798
- Hexaplex duplex canariensis (Nordsieck, 1975) - synonyms:[3] Murex turbinatus Lamarck, 1822; Trunculariopsis canariensis Nordsieck, 1975
Description
Distribution
References
- ↑ Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 November 2011.
- ↑ Houart, R. (2009). Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex duplex (Röding, 1798). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406152 on 2010-05-18
- ↑ Houart, R. (2009). Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex canariensis (Nordsieck, 1975). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406154 on 2010-05-18
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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