Hexaplex varius

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Hexaplex
Subgenus:	Trunculariopsis
Species:	H. varius
Binomial name
	Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius; (Sowerby, 1834)
Synonyms
	Murex inops Dautzenberg, 1891; Murex varius Sowerby, 1834

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius, common name : the varius murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

There is one subspecies : Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879) (synonyms : Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879); Murex clausii Dunker, 1879 (basionym) )

Description

The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Angola

References

^ ^a ^b Hexaplex varius (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.

External links

"Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] Hexaplex varius (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.

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