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Hexaplex trunculus (trunculus murex snail) (24436251519)

Image of banded dye-murex

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Description: Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - trunculus murex snail (apertural view) (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA). The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. The trunculus murex snail shown above is part of the Lusitanian Province: "Concentrated in the mild temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea, and extending to the warmer waters of the Canary Islands and the cooler areas of France and Great Britain, is a fairly rich fauna. These waters support dozens of unique species, such as Jacob's scallop, the oxheart cockle and the European pelican's foot." [info. from museum signage] Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricidae Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed/unspecified More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexaplex and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexaplex_trunculus. Date: 2 January 2016, 16:20. Source: Hexaplex trunculus (trunculus murex snail). Author: James St. John.

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