Hexaplex trunculus (species)
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Mollusca (phylum) > Gastropoda (class) > Muricidae (family) > Hexaplex (genus)
Descripción
Species of predatory sea snail, native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa. It was used to make expensive purple-blue indigo dye since ancient times.
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Otros términos
- banded dye murex (species) [en]
- murex, banded dye (species) [en]
- Murex trunculus (species) [en]