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Murex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hexaplex trunculus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hexaplex trunculus (also known as Murex trunculus or the banded dye-murex ) is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or r...
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These murex shells are thin for their size and typically have rather fragile, arched varices. The aperture is also markedly elongated, with a strong anterior canal. Austrotrophon cerrosensis is representative, but many other species are poorly characterized.
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Molluscs ; Murex Shells - Family Muricidae ... Almost all Murex shells, including the thaids, live among rocks and corals, many of them in the intertidal zone. Most are tropical, but some occur in southerly temperate waters. ... Molluscs; Murex Shells...
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Empty shells become homes for hermit crabs. The murexs are bizarre in shapes and covered with coralline algae (which acts as a camouflage). Vermitid worms also inhabit the surface of the murex shell often boring their way in.
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Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Caenogastropoda: Muricidae - Murex shells, Rock shells, Magilidae ... See for example ( Buccinum undatum opening a clam) . Trophoninae . These murex shells are thin for their size and typically have rather fragile,
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