WoRMS name details
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921
406129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406129)
alternative representation
Subgenus
Chicoreus (Murithais) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 · unaccepted (invalid: junior objective synonym...)
invalid: junior objective synonym of Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921
Murex (Truncularia) Monterosato, 1917 · unaccepted
Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 · unaccepted
Purpura Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Truncularia Monterosato, 1917 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Truncularia Wiegmann, 1832 [Bryozoa]; Trunculariopsis is a replacement name
Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921 · unaccepted
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) angularis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) angularis (Lamarck, 1822) represented as Hexaplex angularis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) bifasciatus (A. Adams, 1853) represented as Hexaplex bifasciatus (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) brassica (Lamarck, 1822) represented as Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) duplex (Röding, 1798) represented as Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) fulvescens (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) represented as Hexaplex fulvescens (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) megacerus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) represented as Hexaplex megacerus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) pecchiolianus (D'Ancona, 1871) represented as Hexaplex pecchiolianus (d'Ancona, 1871)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833) represented as Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) rosarium (Röding, 1798) represented as Hexaplex rosarium (Röding, 1798)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) saharicus (Locard, 1897) represented as Hexaplex saharicus (Locard, 1897)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) represented as Hexaplex varius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921) Cossmann, M. (1921). Rectifications de nomenclature. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie et de Paléophytologie.</em> 25(2): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33551556
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406129 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921) Cossmann, M. (1921). Rectifications de nomenclature. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie et de Paléophytologie.</em> 25(2): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33551556
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 84 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of <i>Muricanthus</i> Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to <i>Hexaplex</i> s.s. Perry, 1810, <i>Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)</i> Cossmann, 1921 and <i>Phyllonotus</i> Swainson, 1833. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(1-2): 25-42.
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
