Hexaplex regius
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| Hexaplex regius | |
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| Apertural view of Hexaplex regius | |
| 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. regius |
| Binomial name | |
| Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821) | |
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Shell of Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821) with operculum, measuring 94.2 mm in height, found at low tide at Fort Kobbe, in Panama.
Hexaplex regius, common name : the regal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of adult shell varies between 60 mm and 180 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Baja California and Peru (but not along the Galapagos Islands)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 February 2012.
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