Hexaplex
Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Paleocene to the Quaternary period. Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.Description
This genus includes shells in the family Muricidae that are solid and globose. They contain five to eight varices that are more or less.Species
Species within the genus Hexaplex include :
- Hexaplex ambiguus
- Hexaplex angularis
- Hexaplex bifasciatus
- Hexaplex bozzadamii : synonym of Hexaplex kusterianus bozzadamii
- Hexaplex brassica
- Hexaplex cichoreum
- Hexaplex conatus
- Hexaplex duplex Röding, 1798
- Hexaplex erythrostomus
- Hexaplex fulvescens
- Hexaplex kusterianus
- Hexaplex megacerus
- Hexaplex nigritus
- Hexaplex pecchiolianus
- Hexaplex princeps
- Hexaplex radix
- Hexaplex regius
- Hexaplex rileyi D'Attilio & Myers, 1984
- Hexaplex rosarium
- Hexaplex saharicus
- Hexaplex stainforthi
- Hexaplex strausi
- Hexaplex trunculus
- Hexaplex turbinatus : synonym of Hexaplex duplex
- Hexaplex varius
Extinct species within the genus Hexaplex include:
- †Hexaplex colei Palmer 1937
- †Hexaplex engonatus Conrad 1833
- †Hexaplex etheringtoni Vokes 1968
- †Hexaplex katherinae Vokes 1968
- †Hexaplex marksi Harris 1894
- †Hexaplex silvaticus Palmer 1937
- †Hexaplex supernus Palmer 1947
- †Hexaplex texanus Vokes 1968
- †Hexaplex vanuxemi Conrad 1865
- †Hexaplex veatchi Maury 1910
- †Hexaplex bourgeoisi Tournouër 1875
- †Hexaplex brevicanthos Sismonda 1847
- †Hexaplex campanii De Stefani and Pantanelli 1878
- †Hexaplex rudis Borson 1821
- †Hexaplex hertweckorum Petuch 1988
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