(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Hexaplex fulvescens
Giant Atlantic Murex
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Muricidae
ANSP 338407
Shell Information
Length (mm): 180
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
North Carolina to Texas
Depth (m):
0 to 79 meters
Diet:
Carnivore
Habitat:
Moderately shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex fulvescens (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596160 on 2021-06-23
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/