Hexaplex erythrostomus

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Hexaplex erythrostomus
apertural view of the shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species: H. erythrostomus
Binomial name
Hexaplex erythrostomus
(Swainson, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
  • Chicoreus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
  • Murex bicolor Valenciennes, 1832 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex bicolor Risso, 1826)
  • Murex coccineus Lesson, 1844
  • Murex erythrostomus Swainson, 1831
  • Murex hippocastanum Philippi, 1845
  • Murex regius Schubert & Wagner, 1829 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex regius Swainson, 1821)

Hexaplex erythrostomus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Shell globose and strong, blunt spina ormnentada. The mouth is circular and presence of fell on the columella, the siphonal chanel narrow, short and curved with decorations on the outside. The color of shell is white to shades of gray can present diverse color simulating a rock. Aperture is deep pink and pearly inner shell.[2]

Distribution

West Coast of the United States, Mexico Baja California to Peru.[3][4][5]

Habitat

Inhabiting the infralittoral in sandy and sometimes on rocks[2]

Gallery

  • a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

  • a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

  • a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 March 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba. 7(1):1-84. ISBN 970-27-0682-3 pdf
  3. ↑ Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick. y Aldana Aranda, Dalila. 2003:Patrones en la biología poblacional de moluscos de importancia comercial en México. Rev. Biol. Trop., 51, Supl. 4: 97-107, 2003 pdf
  4. ↑ Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick, Massó R. José A. y Vélez V, Alfonzo. Crecimiento y reproducción de una población de caracol chino Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831), de Bahía Concepción, B.C.S.
  5. ↑ Reyes Mejia, Alejandra. 2004: Base ee Datos de la Colección Biológica de la Secretaría de Marina Armada de México (Moluscos: Gasteropodos Y Bivalvos). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. pdf
  • 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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