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Release 33.13 went live 12th June, 2013

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex

(Röding, P.F., 1798) African/Duplex Murex Shell size 30 - 229 mm Senegal - Angola
Taxonomic Information
ClassGASTROPODA ORTHOGASTROPODA
OrderNEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamilyMURICOIDEA
FamilyMURICIDAE MURICINAE
open bookPage/Plate
Mus. Bolten IIp 141
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, p 328; Pl. 42/11-17
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropodsp 256/3
Shell Encyclopediap 132
Collector's guide to Seashells of the Worldp 89/9
M.B. Pocket Guide to Shells of the Worldp 89
Compendium of Seashellsp 134/3.4
West African Seashellsp 145; 146
Murex Shells of the Worldp 88-89; Pl. 16/1, 7
ApexVol. 11/3-4, p 37/43-45; 41/50-51; 43/55-56
Synonyms
Murex melonulus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Hist. Anim. Sans Vert.Vol. 7, p 171
Murex turbinatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 : Canaries; W Africa; Mediterranean
Murex eurystomus Swainson, W.A., 1833
Murex ananus Hinds, R.B., 1844
Proc. Zool. Soc. LondonVol. 12, p 127
Murex beckii Philippi, R.A., 1847
Abb. Besch. Conchyl. Mit. deutscher Conch.Pl. 2/1
Murex hoplites Fischer, P., 1876 : Sahara; W Africa
J. Conchyl. ParisVol. 24, p 236
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, Pl. 42/14
Murex minima Dautzenberg, Ph., 1910
cameraImage Acknowledgments
1 Aegean Shells
2 Lowtide Shells
3 Eddie Hardy
4 Lowtide Shells
5 Aegean Shells
6 Lars Kellner
7 Dave Rolfe
8 Guido Poppe
9 Greg Daniell
10 Femorale
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