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

Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Purpura*	Röding, 1798	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Truncularia*	Monterosato, 1917	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym; alternate representation
*Murex (Truncularia)*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Murex (Trunculariopsis)*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym
*Trunculariopsis*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym

Children

Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)
Hexaplex megacerus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Hexaplex pecchiolianus (d'Ancona, 1871)
Hexaplex saharicus (Locard, 1897)
Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Perry G. (1810-1811). Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford.
basis of record	Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
subsequent type designation	Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810. 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:138194