| Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps | |
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| Shell of Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833), and operculum, measuring 106.8 mm in height, collected at low tide on Perlas Island, in Panama. | |
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| Subgenus: | Trunculariopsis
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| Species: | H. princeps
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| Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833)
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Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833 | |
Hexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]