Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Hexaplex according to E. H. Vokes 1968
Sister taxa: Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis), Hexaplex austriacus, Hexaplex brassica, Hexaplex cichoreum, Hexaplex erythrostomus, Hexaplex hertweckorum, Hexaplex kuesterianus, Hexaplex regius, Hexaplex tridentatus
Subtaxa: Hexaplex (Hexaplex) colei Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni Hexaplex (Hexaplex) fulvescens Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus Hexaplex (Hexaplex) texanus Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, Georgia collections)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), United States (7: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (16: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (82: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 111 collections including 137 occurrences