Hexaplex cichoreum

Hexaplex cichoreum
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
Genus: Hexaplex
Species:
H. cichoreum
Binomial name
Hexaplex cichoreum
(Gmelin, 1791) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chicoreus cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hexaplex foliacea Perry, 1811
  • Hexaplex foliata Perry, 1811
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex cichoreum Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex depressospinosus Dunker, 1869
  • Murex diaphanus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex endivia Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex endivia var. albicans Tryon, 1880
  • Murex fasciatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex radicula Menke, 1828
  • Murex saxicola Broderip, 1825
Shell of Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791), measuring 95.6 mm in height.

Hexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.[2]

  1. ^ Gmelin, (1791) Syst. Nat. 35, 30.
  2. ^ a b Houart, R. (2013). Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405870 on 2013-06-24