Hexaplex

Hexaplex Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Two views of a shell of Hexaplex cichoreum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Hexaplex Perry, 1811
Type species
Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Bassia Jousseaume, 1880 Bassiella Wenz, 1941 Hexaplex (Hexaplex) Perry, 1810 Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 Muricanthus Swainson, 1840

Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Paleocene to the Quaternary period (age range: from 61.7 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.

This genus includes shells in the family Muricidae that are solid and globose. They contain five to eight varices that are more or less foliaceous.

Species within the genus Hexaplex include :

Extinct species within the genus Hexaplex include:

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