Hexaplex radix
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| Hexaplex radix | |
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| Shell of Hexaplex radix (Gmelin, 1791), and operculum, measuring 90.3 mm in height, from Amador, in Panama. | |
| 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. radix |
| Binomial name | |
| Hexaplex radix (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Hexaplex radix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Hexaplex radix
Description
Hexaplex radix has a spiny black and white shell. It can be found in parts of Central America, Western Africa, Eastern Europe and Australia.
Distribution
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hexaplex radix (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 March 2012.
- 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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