Hexaplex princeps

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

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps
Shell of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833), and operculum, measuring 106.8 mm in height, collected at low tide on Perlas Island, 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
Subgenus:
Trunculariopsis
Species:
H. princeps
Trinomial name
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833
Murex princeps Broderip, 1833

References
  1. Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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