Biology:Hexaplex kusterianus

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Hexaplex kusterianus
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H. kusterianus
Binomial name
Hexaplex kusterianus
(Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Subspecies

  • Hexaplex kusterianus bozzadamii (Franchi, 1990)
  • Hexaplex kusterianus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

Description

Distribution

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