Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Hexaplex varius | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Rank Species | |
Similar Hexaplex stainforthi, Hexaplex fulvescens, Hexaplex princeps, Hexaplex duplex, Hexaplex radix | ||
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius, common name : the varius murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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There is one subspecies : Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879) (synonyms : Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879); Murex clausii Dunker, 1879 (basionym) )
Description
The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm
Distribution
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal and Angola
References
Hexaplex varius Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA