Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Hexaplex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Hexaplex was named by Perry (1811) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Murex cichoreum.

It was reranked as Murex (Hexaplex) by Abbott (1974).

It was assigned to Murex by Abbott (1974); to Muricinae by Vokes (1968), Adegoke (1977) and Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Landau et al. (2007) and Darragh (2017).

Synonyms
  • Aaronia was named by Verrill (1950). It is extant.

    It was reranked as Murex (Aaronia) by Verrill (1950); it was synonymized subjectively with Hexaplex by Vokes (1968).

    It was assigned to Murex by Verrill (1950).
  • Murithais was named by Grant and Gale (1931).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Hexaplex by Vokes (1968).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Hexaplex Perry
1931Murithais Grant and Gale p. 729
1950Aaronia Verrill
1950Murex (Aaronia) Verrill p. 4
1968Hexaplex Vokes p. 92
1974Murex (Hexaplex) Abbott p. 173
1977Hexaplex Adegoke p. 214
1994Hexaplex Wilson p. 31
2001Hexaplex Todd
2002Hexaplex Harzhauser p. 94
2002Hexaplex Sepkoski
2007Hexaplex Landau et al. p. 7
2017Hexaplex Darragh p. 76

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHexaplexPerry 1811

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hexaplex Perry 1811
show all | hide all
Subg. Hexaplex (Hexaplex) Perry 1810
hide
+
Invalid names: Fusus sexangulus Conrad 1834 [synonym]
+
Invalid names: Murex (Poirieria) burryi Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym]
†Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus Harris and Palmer 1947
Subg. Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann 1921
hide
+
Invalid names: Murex dumosus De Stefani 1875 [synonym]
†Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) campanii De Stefani and Pantanelli 1878
Invalid names: Hexaplex (Truncularia) Wiegmann 1832 [synonym]
†Hexaplex austriacus Tournouer 1875
Hexaplex brassica Lamarck 1822
Hexaplex cichoreum Gmelin 1810
Hexaplex erythrostomus Swainson 1831
†Hexaplex hertweckorum Petuch 1988
†Hexaplex kuesterianus Canefri 1875
Hexaplex regius Swainson 1821
†Hexaplex tridentatus Tate 1888
Invalid names: Aaronia Verrill 1950 [synonym], Murithais Grant and Gale 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available