page_title: Murex trapa
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Murex trapa / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Shells of Murex trapa from Mauritius, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
context_page_description: Murex trapa, common name the rare-spined murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
context_section_description: Murex trapa can be found in demersal, sandy habitats.
caption: A shell of Murex trapa from Mauritius, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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