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Definition of Murex erinaceus

Murex erinaceus
Winkle Win"kle, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any periwinkle. --Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica). Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.

Meaning of Murex erinaceus from wikipedia

- erinaceus, common name the European sting winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex and...
- Melanesia, Micronesia and the Philippines. Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Casmaria erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World...
- Ocenebra chavesi Houart, 1996 Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) † Ocenebra etteri Landau & Houart, 2014 Ocenebra ****eri...
- purple dye murex Murex trunculus – banded dye murex Murex ramosus – ramose murex Murex scorpio – scorpion murex Murex saxatilis Murex erinaceus – European sting...
- and kin) and Ursus (bears) Bestiae: Sus (pigs), Dasypus (armadillos), Erinaceus (hedgehogs), Talpa (moles), Sorex (shrews) and Didelphis (opossums) Glires:...
- small onion, Allium parvum parvus – parvum pecten L comb Venus comb murex, Murex pecten ped L pēs foot showy lady slipper, Cypripedium reginae pelagicus...