MUREX SHELLS

Hexaplex Erythrostomus common name Pink Throat Murex

Pink Throat Murex are a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

this species is globose and strong, ornamented with blunt spines. The aperture is circular. The siphonal canal is narrow, short and curved with decorations on the outside. The color of the outer part of the shell is white or shades of gray. The interior of the shell and the aperture is deep pink and glossy.

(REF: Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species) (REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba. )

The species occurs on the west coast of Mexico from Baja California to Peru

(REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba)(REF: Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick. y Aldana Aranda, Dalila. 2003:Patrones en la biología poblacional de moluscos de importancia comercial en México. Rev. Biol. Trop., 51, Supl. 4:(REF: Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick, Massó R. José A. y Vélez V, Alfonzo. Crecimiento y reproducción de una población de caracol chino Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831), de Bahía Concepción, B.C.S) (REF: Reyes Mejia, Alejandra. 2004: Base ee Datos de la Colección Biológica de la Secretaría de Marina Armada de México (Moluscos: Gasteropodos Y Bivalvos). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa)

The Pink Throat Murex inhabits the intertidal and subtidal zones in sandy areas and sometimes on rocks

The Pink Throat Murex on average grows between 3 to 6 inches. The shell surface has a number of spiny vertical folds, ridges and a very fine encircling lines. The aperture is large and round; outer lip thickened at its edge and armed with hollow folded spines. As the shell grows another varix is added. There is a columellar callus reflected over the body whorl. The canal is broad, closed and bends backwards

(REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Hexaplex

Species: H. Erythrostomus

Binomial name: Hexaplex Erythrostomus

(Swainson, 1831)

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One Pink Throat Murex Shell 2 to 3 inches (these are immature shells and many lack a deep pink)...... .75

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One Pink Murex Shell 3 to 4 inches......$1.29

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One Pink Murex Shell 4 to 4 1/2 inches......$1.49

Muricanthus radix common name Radix Murex or Black Murex

The Radix, Black or Root Murex, are a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

(REF: MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species )

These species dwell in the western Pacific, in parts of Central America (Baja California, from Mexico to Peru)

(REF: "Hexaplex (Muricanthus) radix". Gastropods.com. )(REF: Galli C.: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base)

The Black Murex species can be found in the western Pacific in parts of Central America (Baja California, from Mexico to Peru)

(REF: "Hexaplex (Muricanthus) radix". Gastropods.com) (REF: Galli C.: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base)

These species dwell along the tropical coasts in shallow waters among intertidal rocks

Shells of Muricanthus Radix commonly grow 2 to 6 inches. These large, massive, heavy shells are globose or pear-shaped and very spiny, with a white surface and blackish-brown foliations and spiral elements. The body whorls have six to eleven varices. The aperture is large, broad, ovate and porcelaneous white. The outer edges are strongly dentate. The siphonal canal is moderately long. The operculum is dark brown.

These species are similar to Hexaplex Nigritus. The shells of these two species mainly differ in the length, width and in the proportion of blackish-brown versus white. The shells of Hexaplex Radix are less oblong and show fewer spines in black.[4][5]

(REF: George E. Radwin; Anthony D'Attilio (1976). Murex Shells of the World: An Illustrated Guide to the Muricidae. Stanford University Press)

Hexaplex Radix are carnivorous feeding primarily on clams

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Subfamily: Muricinae

Genus: Muricanthus

Species: M. radix

Binomial name: Muricanthus radix

(Gmelin, 1791)

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One Black Murex Shell 3 1/2 to 4 inches .... $2.10

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One Black Murex Shell 4 to 5 inches ..... $2.49

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One Black Murex Shell 5 inches or more...... $2.95

Chicoreus Ramosus, common name Ramose Murex

Ramose Murex are predatory sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. It is considered an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, especially in India.

(REF:Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods)

These sea snails are found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and from east to South Africa, including Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, Aldabra, Chagos and Mauritius. They also dwell in eastern Polynesia, southern Japan, New Caledonia and Queensland in Australia.

(REF:) Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods) (REF: Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species)

Chicoreus Ramosus have a large, solid, very rugged and heavy shell, that can grow up to 13 inches in length. It has a relatively globose outline, possessing a short spire, a slightly inflated body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of its most striking ornamentations are the conspicuous, leaf-like, recurved hollow digitations. It also presents three spinose axial varices per whorl, with two elongated nodes between them. The shell is colored white to light brown externally, with a white aperture, generally pink towards the inner edge, the outer lip and the columella.

(REF:) Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods) (REF: Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species)

The Ramose murex inhabits sandy and rubble bottoms near coral reefs, to depths of around 33 feet

The Chicoreus Ramosus are carnivorous primarily preying on bivalves and other gastropods.

(REF: Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Chicoreus

Species: C. ramosus

Binomial name: Chicoreus Ramosus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex 3 to 4 inches ...... .95

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex 4 to 5 inches ......$2.10

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex 5 to 6 inches ......$5.25

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex 6 to 7 inches ......$6.75

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex shell 7 to 8 inches ...… $7.75

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex shell 8 to 9 inches .....$11.95

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One Pacific Ramosus Murex shell 9 to 10 inches.....$19.95

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Hexaplex Brassicacommon name Brassica Murex

Hexaplex brassica are sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

This species is found offshore in depths to 55 m from Guaymas, in Mexico, south to Peru, and is more commonly indigenous to Costa Rica.

These mollusks prefer moderately shallow water and some species have been found up to 8 inches in size. The shell body has about 8 whorls, each with several rather flattish varices, serrated at the edges and developing into frondlike spines at the shoulders. The Brassica is whitish with a yellow tint, some pinkish shells have been found. Most Brassica Murex have 3 brown bands. The aperture is pinkish.

(REF: Hexaplex Brassica (Lamarck, 1822)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Hexaplex

Species: H. brassica

Binomial name: Hexaplex Brassica

(Lamarck, 1822)

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One Brassica Murex 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches.....$4.25

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One Brassica Murex 2 t0 2 1/2 inches...…$2.95

Hexaplex Cichoreum, common name Endive Murex

The Endive Murex are medium-sized species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails

The Endive Murex is oblong, fusiform shell that varies between 2 to 6 inches. These shells ave a short spire consisting of eight to nine ventricose whorls that become flat-shouldered and thick with age. They are transversely ridged and striated. The shell shows six to seven frondose varices, with the fronds elevated and recurved. The umbilicus is rather large and deep. Its color is yellowish-brown, frequently banded with a darker tint. The fronds are usually dark brown or blackish. The white, almost round aperture has a rather long, open posterior siphonal canal that gradually widens, but is narrow and turns to the right at the beginning. lips are tinged with pink. There is also an all-white variety (var. albicans) from the Philippines.

(REF:Houart, R. (2013). Hexaplex cichoreum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ) (REF: G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia) (REF: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres... Par Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarc

The Endive Murex, sea snail distribution is restricted to the West Pacific. Regions where it is found include Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines

(REF: Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Hexaplex

Species: H. cichoreum

Binomial name: Hexaplex Cichoreum

(Gmelin, 1791)

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One Indivia Murex shells 1 1/2 to 3 inches ...... .17

Murex ternispina also known as Murex Nigrospinosus

Murex Turnispina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails

This species ranges across the Indo-Pacific, from the Indian Ocean east to the northern shores of Australia/New Zealand in shallow water.

The Murex Turnispina is a spine covered shell. It is club shaped with an acutely pointed apex with rounded whorls. The suture is deeply impressed and it has a long, straight siphonal canal. The color is grayish white.

(REF: Murex Ternispina Lamarck, 1822)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Murex

Species: M. ternispina

Binomial name: Murex ternispina

Lamarck, 1822

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One Turnispina Murex Shell 1 to 2 inches ...... .12

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One Turnispina Murex shell 2 to 3 inches...... .14

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One Turnispina Murex shell 2 to 3 inches...... .14

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One Turnispina Murex shell 3 to 4 inches...... .16

Phyllonotus Pomumcommon name Apple Murex

The apple murex, is a species of the sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The adult Apple Murex shell commonly grows between 2 to 5 1/2 inches.

(REF:Lovell Augustus Reeve (1845). Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals: )

The Apple Mures shell is rather oblong, thick, solid, very rough throughout, transversely ridged, tuberculated between the varices ; three-varicose, varices tuberculated with a complicated mass of laminae ; fulvous or reddish brown, columella and interior of the aperture ochraceous yellow, columellar lip slightly wrinkled, edge erected, vividly stained, especially at the upper part, with very black brown ; outer lip strongly toothed, ornamented with three black-brown spots ; canal rather short, compressed, recurved.

(REF: Lovell Augustus Reeve (1845). Conchologia Iconica: Or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals)

This species dwells in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean between North Carolina and Northern Brazil.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda

Super family: Muricoidea

Family: Muricidae

Subfamily: Muricinae

Genus: Phyllonotus

Species: P. pomum

Binomial name: Phyllonotus pomum

(Gmelin, 1791)

Apple Murex

The Apple Murex shell is thick, heavy with a short spire and round body whorl. Each whorl has three unevenly spaced, thick varices with one or two short vertical ribs separating the varices. The aperture (shell opening) is large and round. The outer lip of the shell has a sawtooth edge. The shell color is yellow to dark brown, the predominant color is marked with whitish or brown blotches and lines. The aperture can be white, orange or yellow. This species is carnivorous, its favorite meal is boring holes into oyster shells and eating the mollusk. The Apple Mures is found in rocky, sandy inshore regions of the South East United States, especially on the West coast of Florida and Caribbean. Family: Muricidae; Species: Phylonotus Pomum

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One Apple Murex shell 2 to 2 5/8 inches...... .24

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One Apple Murex shell 2 to 2 1/2 inches...... .24

Vasum ceramicum common name Ceramic Vase or Heavy Whelk

The Vasum Ceramicum is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae

(REF: Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758))

The Vasum Ceramicum has a large, thick and heavy shell that on average reaches a length of 2 1/3 to 6 1/5 inches. This shell is quite elongated, conical or vase-shaped (hence the common name). It has long siphonal canal, three strong, columella folds and 7-10 strong spiny tubercles in each loop. It is colored white and greys or dark brown externally, while the aperture may be colored white or pale brown.

The Vasum Murex are widespread in the Mascarene Plateau, off the coast of Madagascar, and Tanzania.

This sea snail lives on lower eulittoral (the intertidal zone), rocky areas at depths of 33 to 132 feet.

(REF: Vasum ceramicum (Linnaeus, 1758))

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Turbinellidae

Subfamily: Vasinae

Genus: Vasum

Species: V. ceramicum

Binomial name: Vasum ceramicum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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One Vasum Murex shells 1 1/2 to 2 inches...... .19

Murex Haustellum

This is a solid,low-spired shell. It has a long straight siphonal canal. In later created body whorls (a complete turn around the shell on its imaginary axis) vertical appear. Smooth varices (thickening at former lip edge of a gastrod shell)have points crossed by strong spiral riblets. The siphonal canal has very few spines. The shell color can be creamy or even pinkish, with brown spots and dashes, The varices are a rusty red with the apertural lips can be orange or pink. The Haustellum Murex shell is commonly found in the Indo-Pacific region. This area stretches from the Indian Ocean east across the northern Australian/New Zealand shores and north to just south of the Sea of Japan. They prefer intertidal sand flats.

MH1-10 One Haustellum Murex shell 2 to 3 inches..... .17

Murex Negros

Murex Negros Genus: Murex; Class: Gastropod (mollusk that creates a single shell); Family: Muricidae; Scientific name: Nigrispinosus; common name: Black-spined Murex. These shells are found in the Indo-Pacific region. This stretches across the Indian Ocean to the northern shores of Australia. They have been found in waters 44 feet deep. There name comes from a Philippine Island. As other Murex shells the Negros is carnivorous and prefers tropical waters near coral reefs. They are known primarily for their decorative long spines and siphonal canal.

GGG3-17 One Murex Negros shell 2 to 3 inches...... 1.29

Lace Murex Shell

Lace Murex scientific name: Chioreus Florifer Dilectus; Belongs to the Murex Family; sometimes commonly called the Florida Lace Murex. This is an elongately ovate, with an elevated, conical spire. The whorls each have 3 varices bearing long, scaly hollowed spines. It has a low knob between varices and sometimes has 1-2 smaller axial ribs and fine, irregular spiral cords. The aperture is nearly round and its canal long, narrowly open with 4 open, leafy spines on one side and a broad flattened flange on the other. The Operculum is stout and circular. The Lace Murex prefers coral reefs, rubble, in sandy or muddy areas. The species is most commonly found in intertidal to shallows just off the beach. Its range is from North Carolina south to southern Florida and west to Panama along its Caribbean coast. It is the most common Florida Murex. It feeds on many species of bivalves, by boring a hole in the shell to feed on its occupant It is closely related to the West Indian Lace Murex.

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One Lace Murex (Indica) 2 to 3 inches....... .29

Virqenues Murex Shell

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One Virqenues Murex Shell 2 to 3 3/8 inches ...... .26

Indivia Albino (Long Spine) Murex Shel

I4-17 One Indivia Albino (Long Spine) Murex shell 3 to 4 inches ...... $4.20

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One Indivia Albino (Long Spine) Murex shell 4 to 4 3/8 inches......OUT OF STOCK

Murex Indivia Long Spine

I1-17 One Indivia (Long Spine) Murex shell 3 3/8 to 3 7/8 inches ...... $2.45

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One Indivia (Long Spine) Murex shell 4 to 4 3/8 inches ...…$4.49

MUREX ALABASTERS SHELLS

The Murex Alabaster is coveted for its spines and frills. This is easily seen in the listing picture.

This shell is found in the Indo-Pacific region; ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Northern Australian shores.

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One Murex Alabaster shell 4 to 5 inches....$18.25

MUREX MIYOKOAE

Timbellus miyokoae, common name : the Miyoko Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails; found along the Philippines. The Miyokoae Murex not common and are considered collector shells.

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One Murex Miyokoae shell 1 3/8 to 1 6/8 inches  .......$42

Murex Saulii

Chicoreus saulii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae. This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Papua New Guinea. They are not common and considered to be a collector specimen shell.

Murex shells are colorful with many varieties of frills. The Murex Saulii is popular for both color and frills. You can see this in the example picture. Murex's are heavy shells with a few light and fragile. This specimen is from the Indo-Pacific region. Most murex shells prefer tropical seas and stay close to reefs, where they prey on invertebrates.

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ne Murex Saulii shell 2 to 2 3/8 inches ......OUT OF STOCK

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