Hexaplex rosarium

Hexaplex rosarium, commonly known as the rosy-mouth murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Hexaplex rosarium
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. rosarium
Binomial name
Hexaplex rosarium
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex ananus Hinds, 1844
  • Murex beckii Philippi, 1847
  • Murex melonulus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex sowerbianus Poirier, 1883
  • Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817
  • Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.

References
  1. Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.


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