Murex tribulus
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| Murex tribulus | |
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| A shell of Murex tribulus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. tribulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex tribulus | |
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Murex tribulus, the caltrop murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
