Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Murex (Hexaplex)
Synonyms: Aaronia Verrill 1950, Murex (Aaronia) Verrill 1950, Murithais Grant and Gale 1931
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
See also Abbott 1974, Adegoke 1977, Darragh 2017, Harzhauser 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1968 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Hexaplex (Hexaplex) Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Hexaplex austriacus Hexaplex brassica Hexaplex cichoreum Hexaplex erythrostomus Hexaplex hertweckorum Hexaplex kuesterianus Hexaplex regius Hexaplex tridentatus
Type: Murex cichoreum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Italy (2), Mexico (4), Morocco (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (4: Florida, Georgia)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (3), Italy (1), Spain (3), United States (9: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Italy (6), Poland (1), United States (17: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Nigeria (1), United States (88: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 150 collections including 182 occurrences
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