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Hexaplex
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Hexaplex

Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Banded Dye-murex

speciesHexaplex trunculus

Hexaplex princeps

speciesHexaplex princeps

Giant Atlantic Murex

speciesHexaplex fulvescens

Cabbage Murex

speciesHexaplex brassica

Hexaplex stainforthii

speciesHexaplex stainforthii

Hexaplex kuesterianus

speciesHexaplex kuesterianus

Endive Murex

speciesHexaplex cichoreum

Duplex Murex

speciesHexaplex duplex

rosy-mouth murex

speciesHexaplex rosarium

Hexaplex rileyi

speciesHexaplex rileyi

Hexaplex varius

speciesHexaplex varius

Hexaplex conatus

speciesHexaplex conatus

Hexaplex angularis

speciesHexaplex angularis

Hexaplex bifasciatus

speciesHexaplex bifasciatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 244554.