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

Hexaplex kuesterianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species:
H. kuesterianus
Binomial name
Hexaplex kuesterianus
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) kuesterianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1875)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
  • Hexaplex kusterianus (misspelling)
  • Murex kuesterianus Tapparone Canefri, 1875 (original combination)
  • Murex kusterianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 (basionym)
  • Murex spinosus A. Adams, 1853
  • Muricanthus kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)

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References

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  • Adams A. (1853). Description of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis and Eulima from the Comingian collection. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1851 p. 267–272
  • Tapparone Canefri, C. (1875). Studio monografico sopra i Muricidi del mar Rosso. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 7: 569-640, pl. 19.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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  • Adams A. (1853 ["1851"). Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851): 267-272.]