. . Rock Shell (Murex ramosus),which is widely distributed, being found in the Red Sea, theIndian Ocean, New Zealand, Australia, and the centralPacific Ocean, and attains a large size, some specimensreaching the length of a foot and weighing several aperture is frequently tinged with a deep, beautifulpink. In many households the large shells of this speciesare used for flower pots, suspended from a hook over thewindow by a set of chains, and for this purpose they arecertainly very ornamental. The Apple INIurex (Murex pomui
. . Rock Shell (Murex ramosus),which is widely distributed, being found in the Red Sea, theIndian Ocean, New Zealand, Australia, and the centralPacific Ocean, and attains a large size, some specimensreaching the length of a foot and weighing several aperture is frequently tinged with a deep, beautifulpink. In many households the large shells of this speciesare used for flower pots, suspended from a hook over thewindow by a set of chains, and for this purpose they arecertainly very ornamental. The Apple INIurex (Murex pomuin) is of home produc-tion, being found on the shores of Florida and throughoutthe West Indies. It is not as attractive as the shells justmentioned, but is very common, every collector possessingseveral specimens in his cabinet. In the aperture of this species will be noticed a darkbrown object, which is kno^^^l as an operculum or door, andits use is to close the aperture when the animal withdrawsinto its shell, so that the latter may be safe from its Kool Murex. Branched Murex. THE SHELL TRIBE 25 All of the rock shells possess tliis organ, which is attachedto the back part of the animals foot. A peculiar and somewhat rare shell is the Horned]\Iurex (Murex axicornis), found in the Indian Archipel-ago, whose shell is made up of many curiously fluted si) Burnt !Murex (Murcx adustus) is an inhabitant of theIndian Ocean, Japan, and the Philippines, and its name,which signifies burned, is well chosen, for all its spines andfrills and most of the shell are black in color and look justas though the shell had been scorched. The aperture isoften beautifully tinged with pink or dark red. A common rock shell found in the ^lediterranean Sea,as well as on the Atlantic coast of France and Portugal andthe Canary Islands, is the Purple ^l\iYe^(Murex trunculus).This is a light brown, three-banded shell about two inchesin l
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