Credit:MNHN - Marie Hennion - 2014 Project:RECOLNAT
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Description: English: Muricopsis matildeae Rolán & Fernandes, 1991; family Muricidae; Sao Tome. Date: 2014. Source: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2012-33184?listIndex=23&listCount=174. Author: Credit:MNHN - Marie Hennion - 2014 Project:RECOLNAT.mw-parser-output.license-review-passed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#eeffee;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-failed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fee7e5;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-needed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fffff0;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88} : This file, which was originally posted to https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2012-33184?listIndex=23&listCount=174, was reviewed on 18 February 2018 by reviewerLeoboudv, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
Credit:MNHN - Marie Hennion - 2014 Project:RECOLNAT
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Description: English: Muricopsis omanensis Smythe & Oliver, 1986; family Muricidae; Oman. Date: 2014. Source: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2012-33139?listIndex=19&listCount=174. Author: Credit:MNHN - Marie Hennion - 2014 Project:RECOLNAT.mw-parser-output.license-review-passed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#eeffee;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-failed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fee7e5;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-needed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fffff0;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88} : This file, which was originally posted to https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/im/item/2012-33139?listIndex=19&listCount=174, was reviewed on 18 February 2018 by reviewerLeoboudv, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date.
Description: Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846) - apical view of a dwarf pink murex snail shell. Family Muricidae - these gastropods have highly ornamented coiled shells - many have prominent spines and irregular ridges. Muricids prey on bivalves by boring through their shells, sometimes using secreted acid to assist in radular scraping. Successful boring into bivalve shells is followed by partial external digestion - the snail inserts digestive enzymes into the clam. Liquified clam tissues are are then withdrawn and consumed by the snail. Date: 18 February 2011, 23:38. Source: Muricopsis rosea (dwarf pink murex snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3. Author: James St. John.
Description: Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846) - abapertural view of a dwarf pink murex snail shell, 1.05 cm tall. Family Muricidae - these gastropods have highly ornamented coiled shells - many have prominent spines and irregular ridges. Muricids prey on bivalves by boring through their shells, sometimes using secreted acid to assist in radular scraping. Successful boring into bivalve shells is followed by partial external digestion - the snail inserts digestive enzymes into the clam. Liquified clam tissues are are then withdrawn and consumed by the snail. Date: 18 February 2011, 23:37. Source: Muricopsis rosea (dwarf pink murex snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
Description: Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846) - umbilical view of a dwarf pink murex snail shell. Family Muricidae - these gastropods have highly ornamented coiled shells - many have prominent spines and irregular ridges. Muricids prey on bivalves by boring through their shells, sometimes using secreted acid to assist in radular scraping. Successful boring into bivalve shells is followed by partial external digestion - the snail inserts digestive enzymes into the clam. Liquified clam tissues are are then withdrawn and consumed by the snail. Date: 18 February 2011, 23:39. Source: Muricopsis rosea (dwarf pink murex snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 4. Author: James St. John.
Description: Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846) - apertural view of a dwarf pink murex snail shell, 1.05 cm tall. Family Muricidae - these gastropods have highly ornamented coiled shells - many have prominent spines and irregular ridges. Muricids prey on bivalves by boring through their shells, sometimes using secreted acid to assist in radular scraping. Successful boring into bivalve shells is followed by partial external digestion - the snail inserts digestive enzymes into the clam. Liquified clam tissues are are then withdrawn and consumed by the snail. Date: 18 February 2011, 23:38. Source: Muricopsis rosea (dwarf pink murex snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
New Zealand, Auckland, Rodney Co., Cape Rodney, by dredging, at 15 m depth, collected 1989, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis. Image by Joop Trausel and Frans Slieker
[syn. Murex anatomica pele]Pele's murex or Anatomical murexMuricidaeThe subspecies pele is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Uncommon to rare.These were all found in waters off Haleiwa, Oahu in mid-1970's. A variable species with many color and patterns. White is the most common color.Please note: I do not collect or trade sea shells any longer. For me, the value of the animal is far greater than the shell it possess.
