North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A-D: Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 30.03.and 23.12.2009), actual size 56 mm, 10 mm and 7.8 mm. E: dail of protoconch of specimen D.

AphiaID

147189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147189)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Murex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921

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Species Trunculariopsis canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975 accepted as Hexaplex duplex (Röding, 1798)
Species Trunculariopsis trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Cossmann, M. (1921). Rectifications de nomenclature. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie et de Paléophytologie.</em> 25(2): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33551556
page(s): 79 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147189 on 2026-07-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Trunculariopsis Cossmann, 1921. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=147189 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-03 09:26:40Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-05-31 12:54:23Z

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Houart, Roland

2009-06-04 17:14:50Z

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Houart, Roland

2010-09-16 02:51:15Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-03 07:25:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-06-12 14:58:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Cossmann, M. (1921). Rectifications de nomenclature. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie et de Paléophytologie.</em> 25(2): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33551556
page(s): 79 [details]

From editor or global species database

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A-D: Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 30.03.and 23.12.2009), actual size 56 mm, 10 mm and 7.8 mm. E: dail of protoconch of specimen D.

Image from typetaxon

Unreviewed