Murex
See also: murex
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Murex m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Muricidae – murex gastropods, some once used to produce Tyrian purple.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Sorbeoconcha - order; Hypsogastropoda - suborder; Neogastropoda - infraorder; Muricoidea - superfamily; Muricidae - family; Muricinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Murex tribulus (caltrop murex) - type species
Derived terms edit
- Babelomurex
- Chicomurex
- Dermomurex
- Genkaimurex
- Muregina
- Murexsul
- Murichorda
- Muricodrupa
- Muricopsis
- Phrygiomurex
- Vokesimurex
- †Crassimurex
References edit
- Murex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Murex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Murex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons