Hexaplex rosarium
| Hexaplex rosarium | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Hexaplex |
| Species: | H. rosarium
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| Binomial name | |
| Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798)
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Hexaplex rosarium, commonly known as the rosy-mouth murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).
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Reproduction
[edit]The rosy-mouth murex reproduces through sexual reproduction. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
- ^ "rosy-mouth murex - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
[edit]- MNHN, Paris: syntype
- Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
- Schumacher C.F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
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