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The Stomach-Footed Mollusks, Class Gastropoda,
Subclass Prosobranchia, Part 6
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Superfamily Muricacea. Heavy, conical shells and long
siphonal canals. Drills (Muricidae): Murex, Urosalpinx, Eupleura,
Purpura, Thais.
Family Muricidae: Murex
| Drupella cornus (Roding 1798), the Horn Drupe. Found
on Pocillopora corals often; on which it feeds. To two inches. Red Sea,
Africa coast to Indo-Pacific. Kona 2019. |
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| Murex/Hexaplex brassica (Lamarck 1822), the
Cabbage Murex. Obverse below. Costa Rica (Pacific side)
2011 |
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| Murex princeps, Spined Murex. Spines brownish black
with distinctive white bands (when not overgrown!). To 5 inches. CA to Peru.
Here in Puerto Vallarta 2015 |
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| Murex ramosa Images of a live specimen and a
cluster of eggs in Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia. |
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| Murex tribulus. East Africa, Red Sea to
Fiji. Feeds on bivalves/mussels. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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Superfamily Buccinacea: Snails of many forms with long
siphonal canals. Whelks (Buccinidae): Buccinum, Neptunea.
Melongenidae: Busycon. Tulip Shells (Fasciolariidae):
Fasciolaria, Mud Snails (Nassariidae): Nassarius,
Ilyanassa.
Family Buccinidae:
Babylonia zeylanica, A good
reference is http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Buccinidae/album/index.html
I wouldn't trust them around other Molluscs. They're
predators and scavengers. Also, I didn't mention in the
previous mail, but the common name is Babylon or Babylonia snail
and I've seen them available from time to time on the 'net
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Family Fasciolariidae: Tulip Snails
| Fasciolaria tulipa, True Tulip. Shell
spindle-shaped. Patterned in broken spirals of variable shape. Body
dark colored, brown operculum. 3-6 inches usually, 10 maximum.
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