murex

mu.rex

n.（名词）
【复数】 mu.ri.ces[myôr.-sôz.] 或 mu.rex.es
Any of various marine gastropods of the genusMurex common in tropical seas and having rough, spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple.
骨螺：一种盛产在热带海洋的海生骨螺属 腹足类动物，壳粗糙而常有棘尤指 M. trunculus ，泰尔紫的来源

来源：
New Latin Môrex [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Môrex [属名]
from Latin môrex [purple-fish]
源自 拉丁语 môrex [紫色鱼]