Hexaplex rosarium
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| Species: | H. rosarium
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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
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.
References
- ^ a b Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
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