Purple dye murex
A species of Bolinus, Also known as Murex Scientific name : Bolinus brandaris Genus : Bolinus
Purple dye murex, A species of Bolinus
Also known as:
Murex
Botanical name: Bolinus brandaris
Genus: Bolinus
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Description
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.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Neogastropod snails Family
Murex snails Genus
Bolinus Species
Purple dye murex 
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