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Name:
Hexaplex cichoreum & Megabalanus tintinnabulum
Common name:
Hexaplex cichoreum → endive murex
Megabalanus tintinnabulum → barnacle
Synonym:
Hexaplex cichoreum → Murex cichoreum, (Gmelin, 1791)
Hexaplex cichoreum → Hexaplex (Hexaplex) cichoreum, (Gmelin, 1791)
Hexaplex cichoreum → Murex endivia, (Lamarck, 1822)
Megabalanus tintinnabulum → Balanus tintinnabulum, (Linnaeus, 1758)
Megabalanus tintinnabulum → Lepas tintinnabulum, (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Muricidae → Hexaplex → cichoreum → Hexaplex cichoreum → Gmelin, 1791
Balanidae → Megabalanus → tintinnabulum → Megabalanus tintinnabulum → Linnaeus, 1758
Protection status:
Quality:
mouth rim natural, with operculum, natural
Location:
Masbate Island / Philippines
Size of the specimen:
Length: 10,3 cm
Width: 8,4 cm
Height: 6,9 cm
Weight:
The Hexaplex Cichoreum, known as an endive murex (English: Endive Murex), belongs to the Muricidae family (spiked snails) and the Muricinae subfamily. This medium-sized sea snail can reach a length of up to 15 cm and is widespread in the West Pacific, especially in the waters around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Their striking, strongly structured housing offers an ideal settlement area for various sessile organisms. The specimen presented here bears one or more grown -up lake smallpox (Megabalanus Tintinnabulum) from the Balanidae family. These seapox, which can grow up to 7 cm tall, use hard surfaces for permanent attachment. Such communities are often formed in tropical marine areas, since hard substrates are quickly settled by larvae of Sessil organisms. In addition, the snail housing has a preserved operenculum that serves as a natural closure mechanism of the snail.
