#hexaplex

[intotheblue-it]

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Intotheblue.it aims to collect videos and photos of typical depths of the Mediterranean Sea, to raise awareness of their beauty, to raise awareness of the various bodies and the various species.

http://www.intotheblue.it/2018/11/16/hexaplex-trunculus/

[cyan-biologist]

Forgot to upload this yesterday, but here it is! I bought a shell a few days ago, and had to draw it as a gift for a friend of mine. The snail is called Hexaplex Cichoreum, but was sold to me as Muricanthum radix.

I hope you like it!

[ds-17]

I studied and visualized the Hexaplex shell of the Murex Genus by 3d mapping the exterior with a open-source photo-stitching tool. I identified the main attributes of the Hexaplex; the Spine - as a core feeding mechanism by drilling into soft shells, the Varix - thickened axial ridge on the shell that also shows its lifecycle and acts as a self-defense mechanism and the Siphorial Canal which the mollusk uses to extract nutrients. I am now cross-analyzing the Hexaplex with the Medicago Murex plant for their similar growth systems but with different biological materials - Jun