Hexaplex princeps
| Hexaplex princeps | |
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| Shell of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833), and operculum, measuring 106.8 mm in height, collected at low tide on Perlas Island, in Panama. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Hexaplex |
| Subgenus: | Trunculariopsis |
| Species: | H. princeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833 | |
Hexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Hexaplex princeps in the Sealife Collection
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