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giblet, I didn't catch this, I bought it during a visit to the Philippines. If you think of snails, then this is the shell of a marine snail. I became interested in sea shells during our time in Papua New Guinea.
What is your interest I.O.?

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Thanks, Ian. Are these the ones from which the Romans obtained the Tyrian purple dye, or are they a different genus? Gasteropods seem to be a large class of molluscs.

giblet, I don't believe so. There is a murex with the common name of 'Purple Dye Murex' which I think is the culprit. There is information on the site -
http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_13.html

giblet, there is also a reference to be found on -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple
I hope this is helpful.

giblet, my 'Good Book' says that there are about 90,000 species in the Class Gastropoda (Gastropods) in the phylum Mollusca (Molluscs). Gastropods are snails and slugs - marine, freshwater and terrestrial.

Ian, thank you for all the references- I'm getting quite overwhelmed! By the time I've investigated them all, I'll be well versed in the habits and anatomy of Gastropods, hopefully including the 'wentletrap' which has such a wonderful name. (We had lectures about Gastropods in Zoology in the dim past but don't remember much now, except their digestive systems.)

giblet, I would think that the digestive systems of Gastropods would be the least attractive part of the creature. It is their shells that fascinate me.

someones been beachcombing!

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