title: Hexaplex rosarium
text: # Hexaplex rosarium
  
  Hexaplex rosarium, commonly known as the rosy-mouth murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
  
  ## Description
  
  The size of an adult shell varies between 50 millimetres (2.0 in) and 100 millimetres (3.9 in).
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  The rosy-mouth murex reproduces through sexual reproduction.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Verde to Angola.
  
  