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Truncularia Monterosato, 1917

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A-D: Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 30.03.and 23.12.2009), actual size 56 mm, 10 mm and 7.8 mm. E: détail of protoconch of specimen D.

AphiaID

406144 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406144)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Truncularia Wiegmann, 1832 [Bryozoa]; Trunculariopsis is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917

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Species Truncularia trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. <em>Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana.</em> ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1 [December 31st 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58455884
page(s): 18 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Truncularia Monterosato, 1917. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406144 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-27 11:13:43Z

created

Houart, Roland

2012-03-03 07:25:30Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-10-08 11:50:01Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-06-12 10:27:25Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. <em>Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana.</em> ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1 [December 31st 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58455884
page(s): 18 [details]

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