Purple dye murex

Species not subject to scientific evaluation.
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Description : The purple dye murex is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk.
The size of the adult shell can reach about 60 to 90 mm.
The shell is usually golden brown with a very long siphonal canal and a rounded body whorl with a low spire. There is a row of spines that corresponds to the end of each growth stage.

Distribution and habitat : This snail lives in the central and western parts of the Mediterranean Sea and has been found on isolated coral atoll beaches in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.