page_title: Stramonita haemastoma
section_title: Human use
hierarchical_section_title: Stramonita haemastoma / Human use
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Purpur – gefärbte Stoffe und entsprechende Schnecken Herkuleskeule bzw Brandhorn – Bolinus brandaris Stumpfe Stachelschnecke (Purpurschnecke) – Hexaplex trunculus Rotmund Leistenschnecke – Stramonita haemastoma (Thais haemastoma) Exponat des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien English: purple dyed fabric with their corresponding sea snail Bolinus brandaris Hexaplex trunculus Stramonita haemastoma (Thais haemastoma) Exhibit of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: purple dyed fabric
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