Venus Comb Murex Shell…new artcard
The Venus comb murex, scientific name Murex pecten, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae,the rock snails.This species is native to Indo-Pacific waters & grows up to 15 cm in length.
Venus Comb Murex Shell...new artcard
The shell of this snail has an extremely long siphonal canal & over one hundred spines, which provide protection from predation, and prevent the snail from sinking in the soft mud. Like many other murex snails, it feeds on other mollusks.This is a common species, but perfect specimens of the shell are not readily found because of the fragility of the numerous long spines.
