Hexaplex varius

Hexaplex varius
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius
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. varius
Binomial name
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius
(Sowerby, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex inops Dautzenberg, 1891
Murex varius Sowerby, 1834

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius , common name : the varius murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

There is one subspecies : Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879) (synonyms : Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879); Murex clausii Dunker, 1879 (basionym) )

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Description

The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Angola

References

  1. ^ a b Hexaplex varius (Sowerby, 1834).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406136 on 1 November 2010.

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