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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:genus
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Gastropoda
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gptkbp:commonName
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murex snails
rock snails
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gptkbp:describedBy
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gptkb:Carl_Linnaeus
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gptkbp:describedYear
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1758
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gptkbp:distribution
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worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical seas
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gptkbp:dyeChemical
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6,6'-dibromoindigo
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gptkbp:dyeProduced
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gptkb:Tyrian_purple
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gptkbp:economicImportance
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collected for shells
historical dye production
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gptkbp:family
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gptkb:Muricidae
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gptkbp:feedingType
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carnivorous
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gptkbp:fossilRange
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Cretaceous to Recent
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Chicoreus
gptkb:Hexaplex
gptkb:Pterynotus
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gptkbp:habitat
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gptkb:marine
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Murex (sea snail)
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gptkbp:kingdom
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gptkb:Animalia
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gptkbp:notableFor
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elaborately spined shells
source of Tyrian purple dye
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gptkbp:notableSpecies
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gptkb:Murex_tribulus
Murex brandaris
Murex pecten
Murex trapa
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gptkbp:order
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gptkb:Neogastropoda
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gptkbp:phylum
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gptkb:Mollusca
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gptkbp:predators
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barnacles
other mollusks
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gptkbp:reproduction
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lays egg capsules
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gptkbp:shape
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spiny
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gptkbp:shellAperture
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elongated
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gptkbp:shellColor
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varied
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gptkbp:shellLength
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up to 20 cm
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gptkbp:shellOrnamentation
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ridges
nodes
spines
fronds
axial ribs
lamellae
tubercles
varices
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gptkbp:shellSiphonalCanal
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long
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gptkbp:shellSpines
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prominent
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Muricinae
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gptkbp:typeGenusOf
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gptkb:Muricidae
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gptkbp:typeSpecies
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gptkb:Murex_tribulus
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:ancient_Greeks
gptkb:ancient_Phoenicians
gptkb:ancient_Romans
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Murex_d'Or
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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