Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Giant Eastern Murex
Hexaplex fulvescens
Giant Eastern Murex
Category: Murex
Scientific Name: Hexaplex fulvescens
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 6-35 ft. (2-12 m)
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Muricidae (Family)
    └Hexaplex (Genus)

Gastropods
Murex

Giant Eastern Murex

West Indian Murex



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