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Jan 27, 2008 12:21
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Spanish term
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conchil
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Zoology
n. m. Molusco marino de la clase del caracol, de gran tamaño, cuya concha, áspera y rugosa, no tiene púas ni tubérculos; segrega un líquido que fue muy usado antiguamente en tintorería; la concha, el opérculo y la carne se han empleado también en medicina.
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| 4 | Murex |
John Speese
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| 4 | Nautilus |
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John Speese
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Murex
I think they may be refering to a Murex, which is the genus they got the ancient royal or Tyrian purple dye from. Although I did get a Spanish google hit with conchil in reference to ammonites, this discriptions sound more like a Murex, especially the clase de caracol (gastropods, snails) part. I think if they meant nautilus they would have said cefalopodos. And the shell description would fit a murex too, most have rough shells with ridges, and some, but by no means all, have bumps and spines.
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Not all murexes have spikes, Anna. The spiny murexes (which is probably what you found a pictire of) definitely do, and they are highly prized by shell collectors, however, there are a great many other species that are considerably less ornate but otherwise have the same general characteristics of the genus. The reason (I think) that it was specifically mentioned that these species doesn't have spikes was to distinguish it from other murex species that do.
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Not all murexes have spikes, Anna. The spiny murexes (which is probably what you found a pictire of) definitely do, and they are highly prized by shell collectors, however, there are a great many other species that are considerably less ornate but otherwise have the same general characteristics of the genus. The reason (I think) that it was specifically mentioned that these species doesn't have spikes was to distinguish it from other murex species that do.
Note from asker:
| Hi John, I initially chose this and then saw that in the Spanish it says that it doesn't have spikes and the photo of a murex in wikipedia definitely has spikes... Any other idea? Thanks heaps. Anna |
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Comment: "Thanks... the definition definitely fits the Spanish."
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Nautilus
I believe this refers to a nautilus, going by the description. I have included some links below to Wikipedia that describes the Nautilus and also to a website that describes the way it shoots ink out when threatened (towards the bottom of the page) I'm very into scuba diving, so have some experience with marine life and this is what I reckon it might be.
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| Thanks, although from the photos I've seen of both, it looks just like John's suggestion. |
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