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Α Hexaplex trunculus (Banded dye-murex) ...
One of the many purple dye murex, spotted ...
Flowers about 1.5cm across, tube about 2cm long, The flowers open in the ...
Clusters of hatched Banded dye-murex eggs, ...
A living Banded dye-murex , with its shell ...
one of many shells scattered along the shore of the lagoon (see notes)
I found this tiny hermit crab in a festive
The snail clicking to cockle and sucks his flesh.
El caracol pincha ...
Shell to 10 cm (4 in.). Shell has a few very long straight spines extending ...
A common species in Indo-West Pacific area.
spiky seed pod and leaves in fingerlike clusters
Snail to 18 cm (7 in.). Long siphon canal without spines. Thin alternating ...
columella. :: "A species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the ...
Also known as Wavy Spindle and Wavy Edged Spindle; and also referred to as ...
. Interesting NOTE: Royal Purple and Red dye was made from several species of ...
marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, commonly referred to as ...
Shell of "a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family ...
It is a sea snail with the shell about 5-8 centimeters in length. It has a very ...
