![]() ![]() This second species of dye murex currently occurs on "the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa (Spain and Portugal, Morocco, and the Canary Islands" Historical overview of Tyrian purple The gastropod harvested at this western Moroccan dye production facility was Phyllonotus trunculus also known by the older name Murex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)). The Phoenicians established an ancillary production facility on the Iles Purpuraires at Mogador, in Morocco.
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