Hexaplex ambiguus

Hexaplex ambiguus
Shell and operculum, 98.5 mm high
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species: H. ambiguus
Binomial name
Hexaplex ambiguus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex ambiguus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex melanoleuca Mørch, 1852
  • Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958

Hexaplex ambiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Philippe Bouchet (2012). "Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 21, 2012.


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