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Alan Davidson

Bolinus Brandaris (Linnaeus)

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Mediterranean Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1981

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Family Muricidae

REMARKS Up to 9 cm long. Phyllonotus trunculus (Linnaeus) is a similar species (rocher à pourpre in French) and Ocenebra erinacea (Linnaeus) is a smaller one (perceur in French, murice riccio in Italian). Neither of these close relations has a long projecting ‘lip’ like that of Bolinus brandaris. All three species were formerly assigned to the genus Murex. This murex was the source of a famous purple dye in antiquity – see note below.

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