Murex - Muricidae

Murice - Hexaplex trunculus

Murice - Hexaplex trunculus

Hexaplex trunculus (noto anche come Murex trunculus, Phyllonotus trunculus) è una lumaca di mare di medie dimensioni, un mollusco gasteropode marino appartenente alla famiglia Muricidae. ...
Murice Spinoso - Bolinus brandaris

Murice Spinoso - Bolinus brandaris

Il Murice Spinoso, (Bolinus brandaris), localmente chiamato anche boccone (in Sardegna), murice comune, ragusa, garusolo, scongillio, muccuna (bocconi di mare, appellativo dato a Palermo), è un mollusco gasteropode appartenente alla famiglia dei Muric...
Stramonita - Muricidae - Stramonita haemastoma

Stramonita - Muricidae - Stramonita haemastoma

Stramonita haemastoma o Stramonita, nome comune della conchiglia di roccia dalla bocca rossa, è una specie di lumaca di mare predatore, un mollusco gasteropode marino della famiglia Muricidae, le lumache di roccia. ...

Muricids (Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815) are a family of gastropod molluscs of the subclass Caenogastropoda. They are the only family in the superfamily Muricoidea Rafinesque, 1815. They were appreciated since ancient times by the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans because they extracted purple to dye fabrics red. Muricidi Muricidae murex snails conchiglia intotheblue.it

Hexaplex trunculus

Murice Hexaplex trunculus – intotheblue.it

Description
All muricids have a horny operculum and a sturdy, strong foot. This family appears in Aptian (Cretaceous) fossils.

Biology
They can pierce the shell of other molluscs through the abrasive action of the radula combined with the secretion of particular enzymes which are able to dissolve their hard calcareous coating. In addition to molluscs, they feed on worms, crustaceans and sponges.

Conchiglia Stramonita haemastoma - Red-mouthed rock shell - intotheblue.it

Conchiglia Stramonita haemastoma – Red-mouthed rock shell – intotheblue.it

Distribution and habitat
The family includes about a thousand species distributed in both tropical and temperate regions.

Taxonomy
The family consists of twelve subfamilies and over 200 genera.

Murice spinoso - Bolinus brandaris - Spiny dye-murex - Purple dye murex - Murice comune - Ragusa - Garusolo - Scongillio - www.intotheblue.it

Murice spinoso – Bolinus brandaris – Spiny dye-murex – Purple dye murex – Murice comune – Ragusa – Garusolo – Scongillio – www.intotheblue.it

Life habits
Most muricid species are carnivores, active predators that feed on other gastropods, bivalves, and barnacles. Access to the soft parts of the prey is typically achieved by piercing a hole through the shell by a softening secretion and the scraping action of the radula. Due to their carnivorous character, some species may be considered pests because they can cause considerable destruction both in exploited natural bivalve beds and in commercially farmed bivalve areas.

Muricids lay their eggs in protective, horny capsules, the size and shape of which vary according to the species. From these capsules the crawling juveniles hatch, or more rarely the planktonic larvae.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muricidae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muricidae

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