Murex erinaceus

Purple snails besides Murex brandaris (for reddish-purple, each on the right), Trunculariopsis trunculus [31] (for bluish-purple each on the left), Murex erinaceus and Purpura haemostoma may also be used for the preparation of Tyrian purple. By the South Harbour of Saida in Lebanon (Sidon in the ancient world) the beach, 25 metres in breadth and hundreds of metres long, is covered to a depth of several metres with shells of Trunculariopsis trunculus. 

MELTING point Picratc, 218-221°C organism Murex trunculus, Murex grandaris, and Murex erinaceus (Mollusca) reference 121... 

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