Hexaplex megacerus

Hexaplex megacerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Hexaplex megacerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Hexaplex
Species:
H. megacerus
Binomial name
Hexaplex megacerus
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex megacerus Sowerby, 1834
Murex moquinianus Duval, 1853

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Hexaplex megacerus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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