Photo: J. J. Ward. 



DYES FROM SHELLS OF THE SEA-SNAILS (MUREX) 

 There are many different kinds, but there were two Mediterranean forms in 

 particular that used to furnish the Tyrian purple dye. The smaller shells were 

 pounded; from the larger ones the animal was pulled out and crushed. Great 

 heaps of the shells Muiex trunculus are still to be found on the Tyrian shore. 



