Biology:Hexaplex kusterianus

Hexaplex kusterianus
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. kusterianus
Binomial name
Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Synonyms
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) Hexaplex rileyi D'Attilio & Myers, 1984 Murex kusterianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 (basionym) Murex spinosus A. Adams, 1853 Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

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

Subspecies

• Hexaplex kusterianus bozzadamii (Franchi, 1990)
• Hexaplex kusterianus kusterianus (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
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q5748881 entry