Hexaplex

Hexaplex
Temporal range: Early Paleocene - Recent 61.7 - 0 Ma
Two views of a shell of Hexaplex cichoreum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Hexaplex
Perry, 1811
Type species
Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aaronia A. H. Verrill, 1950
  • Bassia Jousseaume, 1880
  • Bassiella Wenz, 1941
  • Centronotus Swainson, 1833 (invalid: junior homonym of Centronotus Schneider, 1801 [Pisces])
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) Perry, 1810
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921
  • Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840
  • Muricanthus Swainson, 1840
  • Murithais Grant & Gale, 1931 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921)
  • Purpura Röding, 1798 (invalid: junior homonym of Purpura Bruguière, 1789)
  • Truncularia Monterosato, 1917 (invalid: junior homonym of Truncularia Wiegmann, 1832 [Bryozoa]; Trunculariopsis is a replacement name)

Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily muracinae of the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.[1]

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Paleocene to the Quaternary period (age range: from 61.7 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[2]

  1. ^ a b Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Hexaplex Perry, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138194 on 2010-11-01
  2. ^ "Fossilworks". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.