Hexaplex saharicus

Hexaplex saharicus
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. saharicus
Binomial name
Hexaplex saharicus (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) saharicus saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation Hexaplex saharicus saharicus (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation Murex saharicus Locard, 1897 (original combination)

Hexaplex saharicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Suvspecies

• Hexaplex saharicus ryalli Houart, 1993

Description[]

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Morocco and Ivory Coast.

References[]

• Houart, R., 1993. Description of three new species and one new subspecies of Muricidae (Muricinae and Muricopsinae) from west Africa. Bollettino Malacologico 29(1–4): 17–30

External links[]

• Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1–515, pl. 1-18.
• MNHN, Paris: syntype

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