The shell of this snail has an extremely long siphonal canal.
The shell has 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 easily found because of the fragility of the numerous long spines. The species grows to between 10 and 15 cm in length.
X-ray image of the shell of Murex pecten, anterior end downwards.
Posterior and side views of a shell that is 15 cm long
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March 15, 2023
venus, comb, murex, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2013, learn, when, re. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Venus comb murex news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 or murex snails The shell of this Indo Pacific species has a very long siphonal canal and numerous spines Venus comb murexA live Murex pecten in situScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder NeogastropodaFamily MuricidaeGenus MurexSpecies M pectenBinomial nameMurex pectenLightfoot 1786 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Shell description 3 References 4 External linksDistribution EditThis species is native to Indo Pacific waters Shell description EditThe shell of this snail has an extremely long siphonal canal The shell has 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 easily found because of the fragility of the numerous long spines The species grows to between 10 and 15 cm in length X ray image of the shell of Murex pecten anterior end downwards Posterior and side views of a shell that is 15 cm longReferences EditExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Murex pecten Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Venus comb murex amp oldid 1134499850, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
