Bolinus brandaris (originally called Murex brandaris by Linnaeus and also Haustellum brandaris), and commonly known as the purple dye murex or the spiny dye-murex, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails.
Photo: Bernat Garrigós · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
Purple Dye Murex
Bolinus brandaris
- Observations in the area
- 1
- Last sighting
- 7 April 2025
- Category
- Insects and other invertebrates
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Where it has been observed
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