Murex - Wikipedia
Murex was used in antiquity to describe spiny sea snails, especially those associated with the production of purple dye. Murex is one of the oldest classical seashell names still used by the scientific community.
Murex | Sea Snails, Shells & Predators | Britannica
Murex, any of the marine snails constituting the family Muricidae (subclass Prosobranchia of the class Gastropoda). Typically, the elongated or heavy shell is elaborately spined or frilled. The family occurs throughout the world but mainly in the tropics.
Muricidae - Wikipedia
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species , the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda .
Murex shells of the tropics - Shells of Aquarius
The Endive Murex are medium-sized species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails. The Endive Murex is oblong, fusiform shell that varies between 2 to 6 inches. These shells ave a short spire consisting of eight to nine ventricose whorls that become flat-shouldered and thick with age.
Muricanthus nigritus - Wikipedia
Muricanthus nigritus, the Northern Radix or Black-and-White Murex or Black Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is commonly known as the black murex shell. [1]
Murex Snails - Central and South Florida Gastropod Seashell ...
2023年7月24日 · Common Name: Florida Rock Snail. Distinguishing Characteristics: Solid shell with faint vertical growth lines. Aperture possesses a scalloped, grooved interior surface to the outer lip. Interior of aperture often a creamy orange. Maximum size 3 inches.
Murex Snails (Family Muricidae) - iNaturalist
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda.
Growth and morphogenesis of the gastropod shell - PNAS
2019年3月13日 · We examined cell division patterns in the shell-secreting epithelium and found striking asymmetries in proliferation rate and division orientation that correlate with key aspects of shell morphogenesis in two gastropods with different shell shapes.
The Lace Murex - shellmuseum
2015年4月10日 · The Lace Murex, Chicoreus dilectus (A. Adams, 1855), is one of the most desirable and collectible shells from the barrier islands of Southwest Florida. The species may reach two inches in length. Lace Murexes feed on other mollusks, and will drill on the shell surface or chisel at the shell edge of clams and other bivalves in order to reach the ...
The Rose Murex - shellmuseum
2016年8月26日 · A relatively uncommon member of the family, the Rose Murex, Vokesimurex rubidus (F.C. Baker, 1897) can typically be separated from its closer relatives by its coloration of pink or dark-pink spiral bands. The species is somewhat similar to Cabrit Murex, having comparable rows of shell spines, but is smaller, reaching less than two inches, has a ...