Hexaplex brassica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Hexaplex brassica | |
---|---|
Shell of Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822), with operculum, measuring 102.4 mm in height, collected at Taboga Island, in Panama. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Hexaplex |
Species: | H. brassica
|
Binomial name | |
Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822)
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
Murex brassica Lamarck, 1822 |
Distribution
editThis species is found offshore in depths to 55 m from Guaymas, in Mexico, south to Peru, and is more commonly indigenous to Costa Rica.
References
edit- ^ a b Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.