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    Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or...
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    referred to as the Veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk in the family Muricidae. In Brazil, there is a very popular Afro-Brazilian divination game practiced...
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    of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. The shell of this Indo-Pacific species...
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    predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails. This species is known in the fossil...
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    species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Stramonita haemastoma contains the following subspecies:...
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    the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails". The common name murex is still used for many species in the family Muricidae which were...
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    is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex (Bolinus brandaris, Hexaplex...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Muricidae, the rock snails. This species is widespread from Madagascar and Mascarene...
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    of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. The shell of Rapana has a large body whorl, a correspondingly...
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    Pastorino, Guido (Mar 2005). "The Genus Trophon Monfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) In The Tertiary Of Patagonia". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (2): 296–311...
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    species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. It is considered an economically important species...
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    Dewi Chandra Kirana). Certain varieties of snails, notably the family Muricidae, produce a secretion that is a color-fast natural dye. The ancient Tyrian...
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    of predatory sea snail, a carnivorous marine gastropod in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Nucella lapillus was originally described by Carl Linnaeus...
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    species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. These snails are small in size, about...
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    ONTOGENY OF THE PLEUREMBOLIC PROBOSCIS IN NUCELLA LAPILLUS (GASTROPODA: MURICIDAE)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63 (1): 87–89. doi:10.1093/mollus/63...
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    is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails. It is included in the subgenus Trunculariopsis...
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  • band), rock band Favartia bellini, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae Giardino Bellini, urban park of Catania Piazza Bellini, Naples, plaza...
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    and by numerous species of predatory marine gastropods in the family Muricidae, such as the dog whelk, Nucella lapillus. Freshwater mussels are eaten...
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  • Thumbnail for Vokesimurex dolichourus
    dolichourus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The length of the shell varies between...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This species occurs in the following...
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    of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The shell is ovate. The body whorl is...
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    Bullidae Carlisle Currock Stored at Carnforth D1845 47195         BR Muricidae Cut by Coopers Metals, Sheffield, March 1994 D1846 47196         BR Haliotidae...
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    predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or whelk, in the family Muricidae, the rock shells. This large sea snail has become an invasive species...
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    linked by a carbon-carbon double bond. It is produced by molluscs of the Muricidae species. The pure compound has semiconductor properties in the thin film...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)...
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  • is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. MolluscaBase (2018). Boreotrophon pygmaeus...
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    is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The length of the shell attains 17.4 mm...
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    abalone (a species in the family Haliotidae), but a member of the family Muricidae, also known as murex snails or rock snails. This species is native to...
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  • Thumbnail for Vaughtia jucunda
    jucunda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. The length of the shell attains 12 mm...
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  • mollusc, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This species was recognized during a reidentification of the Muricidae collection. The name...
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