Closeup of underside of marine Murex seashell

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Closeup of underside of marine Murex shell which were important as a source of the purple dye used by the Phoenicians and the Romans

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © Mark Boulton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: close, dye, gastropoda, marine, mollusc, mollusca, murex, muricidae, purple, sea, seashell, shell, snail, source, tyrian, underside, ventral