WoRMS name details

Chicoreus (Murithais) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

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.
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.

406145  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406145)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Muricinae (Subfamily)
  10. Chicoreus (Genus)
  11. Chicoreus (Murithais) (Subgenus)
 unaccepted (invalid: junior objective synonym of Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921)
Subgenus
Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 729 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus (Murithais) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406145 on 2025-04-02
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2009-06-27 11:13:43Z
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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 14:58:32Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 729 [details] 

From editor or global species database
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.
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.
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Unreviewed
Hexaplex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Hexaplex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
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Hexaplex trunculus
Hexaplex trunculus
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Hexaplex trunculus
Hexaplex trunculus
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Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
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Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
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Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
Eggs of Hexaplex trunculus
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Hexaplex trunculus
Hexaplex trunculus
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Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.1
Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.1
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Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.2
Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.2
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Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.3
Hexaplex trunculus, Fig.3
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