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

Hexaplex Perry, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Purpura*	Röding, 1798	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym; alternate representation
*Purpura*	Röding, 1798	synonym; nom. inval.
*Trunculariopsis*	Cossmann, 1921	synonym

Children

Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)
Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Hexaplex pecchiolianus (d'Ancona, 1871)
Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Perry, G. 1810-1811. Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford.
basis of record	Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
subsequent type designation	Iredale T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2014). Hexaplex Perry, 1810. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138194