Biology:Hexaplex kuesterianus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Hexaplex kuesterianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Hexaplex
Species:	H. kuesterianus
Binomial name
Hexaplex kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Synonyms
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) kuesterianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1875)· accepted, alternate representation Hexaplex (Hexaplex) kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) Hexaplex kusterianus (misspelling) Murex kuesterianus Tapparone Canefri, 1875 (original combination) Murex kusterianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 (basionym) Murex spinosus A. Adams, 1853 Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

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

Subspecies

• Hexaplex kuesterianus blazeki T. Cossignani, 2017
• Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii (Franchi, 1990)
• Hexaplex kuesterianus kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

References

• Adams A. (1853). Description of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis and Eulima from the Comingian collection. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851 p. 267–272
• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1875). Studio monografico sopra i Muricidi del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 7: 569-640, pl. 19.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links

• 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.]

Wikidata ☰ Q5748881 entry