• Murex is a carnivorous gastropod.

• Its shell is solid and more or less tuberculated.

• Murex has a long spire that is ornamented with elaborate spiny out growths.

• Body whorl and shell mouth may be drawn into a long spout known as Siphon canal.

• Head consists of cephalic tentacle and well developed eyes.

• Osphradium bipectinate.

• Feed on bivalves with the help of suction pad.

• Egg capsules are deposited separately or in clusters.