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Bolinus brandaris Purple dye murex

Bolinus brandarisis commonly referred to as Purple dye murex. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
5758 
AphiaID:
140389 
Scientific:
Bolinus brandaris 
German:
Herkuleskeule, Brandhorn 
English:
Purple Dye Murex 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Bolinus (Genus) > brandaris (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Greece, Israel, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Sea depth:
1 - 200 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandy sea floors 
Size:
2.36" - 3.54" (6cm - 9cm) 
Temperature:
61.16 °F - 70.88 °F (16.2°C - 21.6°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-10-19 13:12:23 

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Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bolinus brandaris is a sea snail from the spiny snail family (genus Bolinus), it lives on sand and mud bottoms from shallow water to depths of 200 m. The snail preys on various molluscs (snails, mussels) and small crustaceans, such as barnacles (Cirripedia). It itself is on the menu of larger spiny snails.

In the past, the snail was used commercially to obtain the purple dye, which is found in the snail's hypobranchial gland.

Synonymised names
Aranea cinera Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bolinus brandaris var. adunca Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. bicaudata Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. bifida Coen, 1937 · unaccepted
Bolinus brandaris var. cingulata Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. delicatula Coen, 1925 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. ecaudata Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. fragilis Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Bolinus brandaris var. polii Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Haustellum clavatum Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex (Bolinus) brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. gigantea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. spirocaudata Coen, 1934 · unaccepted
Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. ternispinosa Coen, 1914 · unaccepted
Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. tudicloides Coen, 1947 · unaccepted
Murex brandariformis Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex brandaris brandellus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris brevispinis Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)
Murex brandaris commixtus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris insculptus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris longiaculeatus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris ponderosus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris spinosus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris subcornutus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. aculeata R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex brandaris var. adunca (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. bicaudata (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. bifida (Coen, 1937) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. canaliaspinosa Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. canaliaspinosus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. cingulata (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. compacta Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. conica Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. delgadoi Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. delicatula Coen, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. devians Dautzenberg, 1904 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. diplacantha Dautzenberg, 1904 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. ecaudata (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. fragilis (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. girisus De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Murex brandaris var. intermedia Depontaillier, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. longispina Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. longispina Coen, 1933 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. monospinosus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. moreanus De Gregorio, 1885 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Murex brandaris var. multicostata Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. multicostatus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. nivea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. nodosa Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. novemcostata Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. novemcostatus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. polii (Coen, 1933) · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. quadrispinosa Dautzenberg, 1904 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. robusta Dautzenberg, 1904 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. spinotuberculata Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. spinotuberculatus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. spirocaudata Coen, 1934 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. ternispinosa Coen, 1914 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. torta Dautzenberg, 1904 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. trifariaspinosa Frauenfeld, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. trispinosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. tuberculata Hidalgo, 1890 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. tudiculoides Coen, 1947 · unaccepted
Murex brandaris var. varicosus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific name, not...)
Murex brandaris varicosus Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted
Murex clavisherculis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex coronatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym; invalid: junior homonym...)
Murex monospinosus Serradell, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex pseudobrandaris Grateloup, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex pseudobrandaris zanardii Settepassi, 1970 · unaccepted (not available, published in a...)
Murex subbrandaris d'Orbigny, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex trifariaspinosus Frauenfeld, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex trispinosus Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Murex tuberculatus Roding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex tudiculoides Coen, 1943 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura fuliginosa Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. Imposex and butyltin burden inBolinus brandaris(Mollusca, Gastropoda) and sediment from the Tunisian coast, Sami Abidli, Youssef Lahbib, Pablo Rodríguez González, José Ignacio García Alonso, Najoua Trigui El Menif, 2013
  2. Tributyltin (TBT) effects on Hexaplex trunculus and Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae): Imposex induction and sex hormone levels insights, Sami Abidli; Miguel Machado Santos; Youssef Lahbib; Luis Filipe Costa Castro; Maria Armanda Reis-Henriques; Najoua Trigui El Menif, 2012
  3. Relative growth and reproductive cycle in two populations ofBolinus brandaris(Gastropoda: Muricidae) from northern Tunisia (Bizerta Lagoon and small Gulf of Tunis), Abidli, Sami; Lahbib, Youssef; Trigui El Menif, Najoua , 2012
  4. Imposex and butyltin concentrations inBolinus brandaris(Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the northern Tunisian coast, Sami Abidli; Youssef Lahbib; Najoua Trigui El Menif, 2011
  5. Size matters: importance of penis length variation on reproduction studies and imposex monitoring inBolinus brandaris(Gastropoda: Muricidae), Paulo Vasconcelos; Paula Moura; Carlos M. Barroso; Miguel B. Gaspar, 2011
  6. Imposex in Bolinus brandaris from the Ria formosa lagoon (southern Portugal): usefulness of “single-site baselines” for environmental monitoring, Vasconcelos, Paulo; Gaspar, Miguel Baptista; Barroso, Carlos Miguez , 2010
  7. Cytogenetics of Bolinus brandaris and phylogenetic inferences within the Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), ALEXANDRA LEITÃO; PAULO VASCONCELOS; RADHOUAN BEN-HAMADOU; MIGUEL B. GASPAR; CARLOS M. BARROSO; FRANCISCO RUANO, 2009
  8. Triphenyltin and tributyltin, single and in combination, promote imposex in the gastropod Bolinus brandaris, Miguel Machado Santos; Maria Armanda Reis-Henriques; Maria Natividade Vieira; Montserrat Solé, 2006
  9. Increasing imposex in populations of Bolinus brandaris (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the north-western Mediterranean, M Ramón; M.J Amor, 2001
  10. Evidence of Endocrine Disruption in the Imposex-Affected Gastropod Bolinus brandaris, Yolanda Morcillo; Cinta Porte, 1999
  11. Imposex in the commercial snail Bolinus brandaris in the northwestern Mediterranean, Montserrat Solé; Yolanda Morcillo; Cinta Porte, 1998
  12. Population structure and exploitation of Bolinus brandaris (Mollusca: Gastropoda) off the Catalan coast (northwestern Mediterranean), Paloma Martín; Pilar Sánchez; Montserrat Ramón, 1995

External links

  1. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 19.10.2023.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.10.2023.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Purple Dye Murex - Bolinus brandaris, Greece 2020
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