Hexaplex princeps
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps | |
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Shell of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833), and operculum, measuring 106.8 mm in height, collected at low tide on Perlas Island, in Panama. | |
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. princeps |
Trinomial name | |
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833 |
Hexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
References
- 1 2 Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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