Hexaplex rosarium | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Hexaplex |
Species: | H. rosarium
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Binomial name | |
Hexaplex rosarium (
Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).
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The rosy-mouth murex reproduces through sexual reproduction. [2]
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.