banded dye-murex

Hexaplex trunculus (ou Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) trunculus), le rocher fascié, est une espèce de mollusques gastéropodes de la famille des Muricidae. Ce coquillage sécrète un mucus qui permet d'obtenir la pourpre améthyste, une teinture bleu violacé. Synonymes Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 Phyllonotus trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Trunculariopsis trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) etc.

Hexaplex trunculus (previously known as Murex trunculus, Phyllonotus trunculus, or the banded dye-murex) is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails. It is included in the subgenus Trunculariopsis. This species is a group of opportunist predatory snails that are known to attack their prey in groups.

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.