Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Muricinae > Genus Hexaplex

Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Purpura Röding, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HexaplexG. Perry, 1810accepted genus name
Purpura Röding, 1798 junior homonym
Truncularia Monterosato, 1917 junior homonym
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 synonym
Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917 synonym
Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 synonym
Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921 synonym

Species group names

Murex turbinatus Lamarck, 1822 synonym
Trunculariopsis canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975 synonym
Trunculariopsis trunculus canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: duplex murex sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Afrikanische Stachelschnecke; Duplex-Stachelschnecke

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596154

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2012-02-29 by Philippe Bouchet

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