Hexaplex angularis

Hexaplex angularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Hexaplex
Species:	H. angularis
Binomial name
Hexaplex angularis (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) angularis(Lamarck, 1822)· accepted, alternate representation Murex adamsiSowerby II, 1879 Murex angularisLamarck, 1822 Murex densusH. & A. Adams, 1853 Murex goniophorusEuthyme, 1889 Murex hirsutusPoirier, 1883 Murex inornatusA. Adams, 1853 Murex lyratusA. Adams, 1853 Murex octonusSowerby II, 1834 Murex pudicusReeve, 1845 Murex tenuisSowerby II, 1879

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

References

1. Hexaplex angularis (Lamarck, 1822) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 Murex. In: Thesaurus conchyliorum or genera of shells, vol. 4, p. 55 p, 24 pls
• Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13–128, sér. série 2
• Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• Adams A. (1853 ["1851"]). Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851): 267–272
• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832–1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• Reeve L.A. (1845–1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London