Hexaplex rosarium

Hexaplex rosarium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Hexaplex
Species:	H. rosarium
Binomial name
	Hexaplex rosarium; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) rosarium (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation; Murex ananus Hinds, 1844; Murex beckii Philippi, 1847; Murex melonulus Lamarck, 1822; Murex sowerbianus Poirier, 1883; Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817; Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798;

Hexaplex rosarium, commonly known as the rosy-mouth murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).

The rosy-mouth murex reproduces through sexual reproduction. ^[2]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.

^ a b Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
^ "rosy-mouth murex - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

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Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

MNHN, Paris: syntype
Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
Schumacher C.F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.

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