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Banded dye-murex (πορφύρα)

Hexaplex trunculus

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Description:

A living Banded dye-murex , with its shell covered in a fine red algae, spotted by the jetty of Kala Nera beach, Pagasitikos gulf, Greece...The gastropod was released back in the water, after the pics :)

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Δήμος Νοτίου Πηλίου, Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας, Greece

Spotted on Nov 3, 2013
Submitted on Nov 3, 2013

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banded dye-murex πορφύρα στρόμπος murex trunculus hexaplex trunculus greece phyllanotus trunculus truncullariopsis trunculus ελλάδα
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