Hexaplex rosarium

Hexaplex rosarium
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. rosarium
Binomial name
	Hexaplex rosarium; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) rosarium (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation; Murex ananus Hinds, 1844; Murex beckii Philippi, 1847; Murex melonulus Lamarck, 1822; Murex sowerbianus Poirier, 1883; Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817; Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798;

Hexaplex rosarium, commonly known as the rosy-mouth murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.

Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links[]

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[WoRMS-1] Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.

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