Haustellum brandaris
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 Spiny dye-murex
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| Haustellum brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Murex brandaris |
The Spiny dye-murex was the mollusk species used by the ancients to produce Tyrian purple fabric dye. The Banded dye-murex species was used to similarly produce a purple-blue indigo dye. In both cases the mollusks secrete the dye in a mucus from their hypobranchial glands.
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