| Venus comb murex | |
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| A live Murex pecten in situ | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. pecten
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| Binomial name | |
| Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786
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The Venus comb murex, scientific name Murex pecten, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1] The shell of this Indo-Pacific species has a very long siphonal canal and numerous spines.
- ^ Paul, C. R. (31 March 1981). "The function of the spines in Murex (Murex) pecten Lightfoot and related species (Prosobranchia: Muricidae)". Journal of Conchology. 30: 285.