Hexaplex brassica

Hexaplex brassica
	Shell of Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822), with operculum, measuring 102.4 mm in height, collected at Taboga Island, in Panama.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Hexaplex
Subgenus:	Muricanthus
Species:	H. brassica
Binomial name
	Hexaplex brassica; (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
	Murex brassica Lamarck, 1822; Murex ducalis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829; Murex rhodocheilus King & Broderip, 1832

Hexaplex brassica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found offshore in depths to 55 m from Guaymas, in Mexico, south to Peru, and is more commonly indigenous to Costa Rica.

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