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    Hexaplex trunculus (previously known as Murex trunculus, Phyllonotus trunculus, or the banded dye-murex) is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod...
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    Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae Vokes 1968 †Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 †Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus Palmer 1937 †Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus...
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    manufacturing tekhelet, leading to the revival of its use in tzitzit. The snail Hexaplex trunculus (historically known as Murex trunculus) is widely considered...
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    Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex (Bolinus brandaris, Hexaplex trunculus and Stramonita haemastoma). In ancient times, extracting this...
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  • locomotive was built as a proof of concept for the project of a larger hexaplex locomotive with the same body for the Russian market. Beyer, Peacock and...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex cichoreum
    Hexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex fulvescens
    Hexaplex fulvescens, the giant eastern murex or giant Atlantic murex or tawny murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex saharicus
    Hexaplex saharicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Suvspecies Hexaplex...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex erythrostomus
    Hexaplex erythrostomus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The shell of this...
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  • Hexaplex pecchiolianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex pecchiolianus...
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    porcelaneous white.[citation needed] This species is quite similar to Hexaplex radix. The shells of these two species mainly differ in the length, width...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex regius
    Hexaplex regius, common name: the regal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex princeps
    Hexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex princeps (Broderip...
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  • Hexaplex conatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex conatus (McMichael...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex brassica
    Hexaplex brassica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This species is found...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex duplex
    Hexaplex duplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Both subspecies are now...
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  • Thumbnail for 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...
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  • Thumbnail for Chicoreus varius
    (Dunker, 1879) Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834) Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879) Hexaplex varius (G. B...
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    name Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845) Synonyms Hexaplex (Muricanthus) ambiguus (Reeve, 1845) Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845) Murex ambiguus Reeve, 1845...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii
    Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex stainforthi
    Hexaplex stainforthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex stainforthi...
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    moderately long. The operculum is dark brown. This species is quite similar to Hexaplex nigritus. The shells of these two species mainly differ in the length,...
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  • Hexaplex megacerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex megacerus...
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  • Thumbnail for Hexaplex angularis
    Hexaplex angularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Hexaplex angularis...
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    produce Tyrian purple fabric dye. Sea snails of the species Banded dye-murex Hexaplex trunculus were also used to produce a purple-blue or indigo dye. In both...
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    Drupa morum Drupella cornus Hadriania trunculata Haustellum haustellum Hexaplex radix Homalocantha zamboi Indothais malayensis Lataxiena fimbriata Latiaxis...
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  • Hexaplex bifasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is included in...
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  • Cossignani, 2017 Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii (Franchi, 1990) Hexaplex kuesterianus kuesterianus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) Hexaplex kusterianus (Tapparone-Canefri...
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    brandaris, produced a more bluish color than those of the south, probably Hexaplex trunculus. The most valued shades were said to be those closer to the color...
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    Page regarded Erspamer's work on Octopus vulgaris, Discoglossus pictus, Hexaplex trunculus, Bolinus brandaris, Sepia, Mytilus, and Ostrea as valid and fundamental...
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