One Pink Murex Shell, measuring 4 to 4.5 inches OUT OF STOCK ******

One Pink Murex Shell, measuring 4 to 4.5 inches.

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Hexaplex Erythrostomus common name Pink Throat Murex

Pink Throat Murex are a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

this species is globose and strong, ornamented with blunt spines. The aperture is circular. The siphonal canal is narrow, short and curved with decorations on the outside. The color of the outer part of the shell is white or shades of gray. The interior of the shell and the aperture is deep pink and glossy.

(REF: Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species) (REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba. )

The species occurs on the west coast of Mexico from Baja California to Peru

(REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba)(REF: Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick. y Aldana Aranda, Dalila. 2003:Patrones en la biología poblacional de moluscos de importancia comercial en México. Rev. Biol. Trop., 51, Supl. 4:(REF: Baqueiro Cardenas, Erick, Massó R. José A. y Vélez V, Alfonzo. Crecimiento y reproducción de una población de caracol chino Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831), de Bahía Concepción, B.C.S) (REF: Reyes Mejia, Alejandra. 2004: Base ee Datos de la Colección Biológica de la Secretaría de Marina Armada de México (Moluscos: Gasteropodos Y Bivalvos). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa)

The Pink Throat Murex inhabits the intertidal and subtidal zones in sandy areas and sometimes on rocks

The Pink Throat Murex on average grows between 3 to 6 inches. The shell surface has a number of spiny vertical folds, ridges and a very fine encircling lines. The aperture is large and round; outer lip thickened at its edge and armed with hollow folded spines. As the shell grows another varix is added. There is a columellar callus reflected over the body whorl. The canal is broad, closed and bends backwards

(REF: González V. Luz María. 2005: Guía ilustrada de los gastropodos marinos de la Bahía de Tenacatati, Jalisco, Mexico. Scientia Cucba)