Stramonita haemastoma

Stramonita haemastoma
Stramonita haemastoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Stramonita
Species:	S. haemastoma
Binomial name
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Buccinum cingulatum Lamarck, 1816 Buccinum haemastoma Linnaeus, 1767 (basionym) Haustrum striatum Perry, 1811 Murex consul Gmelin, 1791 Purpura barcinonensis Hidalgo, 1867 Purpura fasciata Dunker, 1857 Purpura forbesi Dunker, 1853 Purpura gigantea Calcara, 1840 Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846 Purpura haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) Purpura haemastoma acuminata Settepassi, 1977 Purpura haemastoma bulbosa Settepassi, 1977 Purpura haemastoma elongata Settepassi, 1977 Purpura haemastoma var. calva Weinkauff, 1873 Purpura haemastoma var. cornuta Philippi, 1844 Purpura haemastoma var. costellata Pallary, 1900 Purpura haemastoma var. gracilior Kobelt, 1887 Purpura haemastoma var. minima Pallary, 1900 Purpura haemastoma var. minor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfuss, 1882 Purpura haemastoma var. nodulosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfuss, 1882 Purpura haemastoma var. striata Pallary, 1900 Purpura laevis Monterosato, 1878 Purpura lineata Kiener, 1835 Purpura macrostoma Küster, 1860 Purpura nebulosa Conrad, 1867 Purpura nuttalli Conrad, 1837 Purpura oceanica Locard, 1886 Purpura unifascialis Lamarck, 1816 Purpura viduata Küster, 1859 Thais grisea Röding, 1798 Thais haemastoma Linnaeus Thais metallica Röding, 1798 Thais stellata Röding, 1798

Stramonita haemastoma, common name the red-mouthed rock shell or the Florida dog winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

The adult shell size for this species varies between 22 mm and 120 mm.

The red-mouthed rock shell occurs widely in tropical and warm water areas of the Western Atlantic Ocean. Regions where it can be found include the Caribbean Sea, North Carolina and Florida, Bermuda and the entire Brazilian coast, including the islands of Abrolhos and Fernando de Noronha. It is also found in the Eastern Atlantic: tropical Western Africa and Southwestern Africa, including Cape Verde and Angola, and in European waters, including Macaronesian Islands, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwest coast of Apulia. Canary Islands. Its once abundant population in the Eastern Mediterranean collapsed early in the 21st century and had entirely disappeared by 2016.

Stramonita haemastoma contains the following subspecies:

The shell was one of two principal sources of Tyrian purple, a highly-prized dye used in classical times for the clothing of royalty, as recorded by Aristotle and Pliny the Elder.

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