Hexaplex trunculus is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails. It is included in the subgenus Trunculariopsis.
Tekhelet is a "blue-violet", "blue", or "turquoise" dye highly prized by ancient Mediterranean civilizations. In the Hebrew Bible and Jewish tradition, it was used in the clothing of the High Priest, the tapestries in the Tabernacle, and the tzitzit (fringes) affixed to the corners of one's four-cornered garments, including the tallit. Tekhelet is most notably mentioned in the third paragraph of the Shema, quoting Numbers 15:37–41.
Hexaplex is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily muracinae of the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.
Hexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.
Hexaplex erythrostomus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex regius, common name: the regal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex bifasciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is included in the subgenus Trunculariopsis.
Hexaplex duplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex fulvescens, the giant eastern murex or giant Atlantic murex or tawny murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex princeps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex conatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex kuesterianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex megacerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex pecchiolianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex saharicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hexaplex stainforthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Muricanthus nigritus, the Northern Radix or Black-and-White Murex or Black Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is commonly known as the black murex shell.
Muricanthus radix, the radix murex or root murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Muricanthus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Phyllonotus is a genus of medium to large sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.
