11. Woodring must therefore be " Murex virgo" 12. It is commonly known as the black murex shell. 13. In 2009, Mona Abou Hamze was awarded a Murex d'Or. 14. To the south of the citadel is a mound of debris called Murex Hill. 15. Phoenician traders sold murex -dyed purple cloth to the kings of Persia and Babylon. 16. One gastropod whose shell has an exceptionally long siphonal canal is the Venus comb murex . 17. Certain families of attractive shells ( such as murex ) are particularly favoured by collectors. 18. Representatives of Norcross, Georgia-based International Murex didn't return calls for comment. 19. International Murex will continue selling the test under license from Emeryville, California-based Chiron. 20. As early as the 15th century BC the citizens of Sidon and spiny dye-murex .