Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Muricinae > Genus Hexaplex

Hexaplex megacerus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HexaplexG. Perry, 1810accepted genus name
Purpura Röding, 1798 junior homonym
Truncularia Monterosato, 1917 junior homonym
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 synonym
Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917 synonym
Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 synonym
Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex megacerus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225348

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2012-03-01 by Philippe Bouchet

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