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Hexaplex stainforthi

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Hexaplex stainforthi
Shell of Hexaplex stainforthi (Reeve, 1843), measuring 52.4 mm in height, from off Western Australia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species:
H. stainforthi
Binomial name
Hexaplex stainforthi
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) stainforthi (Reeve, 1843) (alternate representation)
  • Murex stainforthi Reeve, 1843

Hexaplex stainforthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hexaplex stainforthi (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.