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Venus' Comb Murex
Murex pecten
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.
From the article Venus comb murex on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species is native to Indo-Pacific waters.Typically, Murex pecten populations are found throughout East Africa to Australia. In East Africa, they are usually found on islands such as Madagascar and the Mascarene islands. Murex pecten are also seen in Queensland, Australia. This species is also found on neighboring islands of Australia; which include eastern Melanesia and New Caledonia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 358609.