Hexaplex angularis

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

Hexaplex angularis
Scientific classification
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
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

References

• 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.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• 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
• Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832–1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
• Reeve L.A. (1845–1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London