One Turnispina Murex shell, measuring 1 to 2 inches. *****

One Turnispina Murex shell, measuring 1 to 2 inches.

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Murex ternispina also known as Murex Nigrospinosus

Murex Turnispina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails

This species ranges across the Indo-Pacific, from the Indian Ocean east to the northern shores of Australia/New Zealand in shallow water.

The Murex Turnispina is a spine covered shell. It is club shaped with an acutely pointed apex with rounded whorls. The suture is deeply impressed and it has a long, straight siphonal canal. The color is grayish white.

(REF: Murex Ternispina Lamarck, 1822)

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Family: Muricidae

Genus: Murex

Species: M. ternispina

Binomial name: Murex ternispina

Lamarck, 1822