Hexaplex erythrostomus (pink mouthed murex snail) 2 (15529519438)

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Description: Hexaplex erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831) - pink mouthed murex snail shell, apertural view, modern (latest Holocene). Many muricid snails have highly spinose shells. Muricids are predatory gastropods. They principally prey on encrusting, conchiferous organisms (e.g., bivalves, barnacles) by boring through the shells. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricoidea, Muricidae The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. Date: 29 April 2007, 22:41. Source: Hexaplex erythrostomus (pink mouthed murex snail) 2. Author: James St. John.