murex

Definition

Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.

Etymology

From Latin murex.

Example Sentences

• "The bank of crushed murex shell that Professor Bosanquet found here, and again at Palaikastro, in company with a whole mass of Kamáres pottery, shows that the men of Sidon and Tyre were not the first to practise the dying of purple."
• "The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors."