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    rock snails. Stramonita haemastoma contains the following subspecies: Stramonita haemastoma canaliculata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Stramonita canaliculata...
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    known by the name Murex (Bolinus brandaris, Hexaplex trunculus and Stramonita haemastoma). In ancient times, extracting this dye involved tens of thousands...
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    Stramonita delessertiana (Orbigny, 1841) Stramonita floridana (Conrad, 1837) Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822) Species...
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    Rapana venosa Reishia bronni Siratus alabaster Spinucella tetragona Stramonita haemastoma Vokesimurex gallinago Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.-P...
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    brandaris, the banded dye-murex Hexaplex trunculus and the rock-shell Stramonita haemastoma which provided the red-purple and violet colours that the Ancient...
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    can be found among and, in places displace M. minimus. The whelk Stramonita haemastoma is an important predator of M. minimus but where the invasive Lesspesian...
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    Species Common name Origin Glycymeris inscubria Mediterranean Sea Stramonita haemastoma Florida dog winkle Mediterranean Sea Lambis truncata sebae Seba's...
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    that produce the same dye as H. trunculus: Bolinus brandaris and Stramonita haemastoma, so how do we know which one is the ḥillāzon? Some argue that dye...
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    classical times, Tyrian purple was taken from sea snails such as Stramonita haemastoma (Muricidae) for the clothing of royalty, as recorded by Aristotle...
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    Eriphia verrucosa and Pachygrapsus marmoratus, and the dog winkle Stramonita haemastoma. Breeding takes place in the autumn at about the time of year when...
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