Hexaplex erythrostomus

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Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
Chicoreus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
Hexaplex (Muricanthus) erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
Murex bicolor Valenciennes, 1832 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex bicolor Risso, 1826)
Murex coccineus Lesson, 1844
Murex erythrostomus Swainson, 1831
Murex hippocastanum Philippi, 1845
Murex regius Schubert & Wagner, 1829 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex regius Swainson, 1821)

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Hexaplex erythrostomus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|596187 |Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)||4 March 2012}}

Description

The shell of this species is globose and strong, ornamented with blunt spines. The aperture is circular. The siphonal canal is narrow, short and curved with decorations on the outside. The color of the outer part of the shell is white or shades of gray. The interior of the shell and the aperture is deep pink and glossy.González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba. 7(1):1-84. {{ISBN|970-27-0682-3}} [http://www.cucba.udg.mx/sites/default/files/scientia_cucba_pdf/scientia_2.pdf pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103213321/http://www.cucba.udg.mx/sites/default/files/scientia_cucba_pdf/scientia_2.pdf |date=3 November 2014 }}

Distribution

The species occurs on the west coast of Mexico from Baja California to Peru.Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick. y Aldana Aranda, Dalila. 2003:Patrones en la biología poblacional de moluscos de importancia comercial en México. Rev. Biol. Trop., 51, Supl. 4: 97–107, 2003 [http://www.cimar.ucr.ac.cr/volumenes-especiales/contenidos/PDFS/almc30/13-Baqueiro-Patr.PDF pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212211540/http://www.cimar.ucr.ac.cr/volumenes-especiales/contenidos/PDFS/almc30/13-Baqueiro-Patr.PDF |date=12 February 2015 }}[http://www.inapesca.gob.mx/portal/documentos/publicaciones/cienciapesquera/CP04/CP04-03.pdf Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick, Massó R. José A. y Vélez V, Alfonzo. Crecimiento y reproducción de una población de caracol chino Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831), de Bahía Concepción, B.C.S.]Reyes Mejia, Alejandra. 2004: Base ee Datos de la Colección Biológica de la Secretaría de Marina Armada de México (Moluscos: Gasteropodos Y Bivalvos). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa. [http://148.206.53.231/UAMI11115.pdf pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903205853/http://148.206.53.231/UAMI11115.pdf |date=3 September 2013 }}

Habitat

The species inhabits the intertidal and subtidal zones in sandy areas and sometimes on rocks

Gallery

File:Phyllonotus margaritensis.jpg| a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

File:Hexaplex erythrostomus (2013-Veronidae) 000.jpg| a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

File:Chicoreus erythrostomus shell 3.jpg| a shell of Hexaplex erythrostomus

References

Lesson, A., 1844. Description de quatre espèces nouvelles de Murex. Echo du Monde Savant 23: 536-539
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Hexaplex+erythrostomus Biodiversity Heritage Library: Bibliography for "Hexaplex erythrostomus"]
[http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/H/Hexaplex_erythrostomus/ ZipcodeZoo.com: Hexaplex erythrostomus]

Category:Muricidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1831