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

Hexaplex angularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species:
H. angularis
Binomial name
Hexaplex angularis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) angularis (Lamarck, 1822)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex adamsi Sowerby II, 1879
  • Murex angularis Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex densus H. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex goniophorus Euthyme, 1889
  • Murex hirsutus Poirier, 1883
  • Murex inornatus A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex lyratus A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex octonus Sowerby II, 1834
  • Murex pudicus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex tenuis Sowerby II, 1879

Description

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Distribution

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hexaplex angularis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 Murex. In: Thesaurus conchyliorum or genera of shells, vol. 4, p. 55 p, 24 pls
  • Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13–128, sér. série 2
  • Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
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