Hexaplex cichoreum

Hexaplex cichoreum
Two views of a shell of Hexaplex cichoreum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hexaplex
Species:
H. cichoreum
Binomial name
Hexaplex cichoreum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hexaplex foliacea Perry, 1811
  • Hexaplex foliata Perry, 1811
  • Hexaplex (Hexaplex) cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex cichoreum Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex depressospinosus Dunker, 1869
  • Murex diaphanus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex endivia Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex endivia var. albicans Tryon, 1880
  • Murex fasciatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex radicula Menke, 1828
  • Murex saxicola Broderip, 1825

Hexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.

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