Hexaplex stainforthi

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

Hexaplex stainforthi
Shell of Hexaplex stainforthi (Reeve, 1843), measuring 52.4 mm in height, from off Western Australia.
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. stainforthi
Binomial name
Hexaplex stainforthi
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) stainforthi (Reeve, 1843) (alternate representation)
  • Murex stainforthi Reeve, 1843

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Hexaplex stainforthi (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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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