Murex

Description

Murex is a genus of predatory gastropod mollusks.

Keywords

defense, Gastropod, mollusc, mollusk, murex, murex tribulus, predatory sea snail, sea shell, spikes, spiny shell, thorny woodcock

Galleries

Snails and Slugs

Source:

Wood, John George The Boy's Own Book of Natural History (New York, NY: George Routledge & Sons, 1861)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman