MUREX, CYMATIUM AND MELON SHELL

The largest of all Indian muricids is murex ramosus. This shell is found associated with the larger horned helmet shells in deep waters; Cymatium variegatum is a large triton shell living in shallow water on the sea bottom; the Melon shell is otherwise known as the “beggar’s bowl” that lives in the sea bottom about five to six fathoms deep.