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Hexaplex saharicus

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Species of gastropod

Hexaplex saharicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
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.

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

  1. Hexaplex saharicus (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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

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Taxon identifiers
Hexaplex saharicus


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