Note:

Un tempo, anche da questo murice, si ricavava la tinta rossa, triturandolo finemente.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Protostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
Class: Gastropoda - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
Subclass: Orthogastropoda - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
Superorder: Caenogastropoda - Cox, 1960
Order: Sorbeoconcha - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
Suborder: Hypsogastropoda - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
Infraorder: Neogastropoda - Thiele, 1929
Superfamily: Muricoidea - Rafinesque, 1815
Family: Muricidae - Rafinesque, 1815 - Drills
Genus: Stramonita - Schumacher, 1817
Specific name: haemastoma - (J. E. Gray, 1839)
Scientific name: - Stramonita haemastoma (J. E. Gray, 1839)