giant eastern murex

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Hexaplex fulvescens, the giant eastern murex or giant Atlantic murex or tawny murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Distribution This species is native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Cape Canaveral, Florida and it is also present in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida west to Texas. Habitat These quite uncommon sea snails live at depths of 0 to 80 m.

Hexaplex es un género de gasterópodo marino perteneciente a la familia Muricidae. ​ Especies Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845) Hexaplex angularis (Lamarck, 1822) Hexaplex bifasciatus (A. Adams, 1853) Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck, 1822) Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791) Hexaplex conatus (McMichael, 1964) Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798) Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831) Hexaplex fulvescens (G.