Pink-Mouth Murex Shells for Hermit Crabs in bulk.  Our Pink Murex Shells for Hermit Crabs measure approximately 2-1/2 to 3 inches. They are also beautiful pink colored seashells for crafts and can be used for displaying air plants.  Our shells are Real- Not Imitation.  They will have natural imperfections from aging and living in the oceans.  No 2 will be identical.  They will vary in size, shape, imperfections and coloring.  Some will have a bright pink mouth opening while others will have a pale pink to almost white mouth opening.

The Pink-mouth Murex, Hexaplex erythrostomus, is a member of the Muricidae Family of Rock Shells, that is also known as the Bi-color Murex and the Pink-throated Murex and in Mexico as busano rosado and caracol rosa. The shell is rugged and strongly constructed and has six whorls, a low to moderately high spire, a curved and long siphon canal, varices have numerous spines and a large aperture. The outer lip of the shell is marked with short spines; the inner lip can be very wide. The exterior of the shell is a dull white; the interior is a beautiful porcelaneous pink, though some individuals display very little pink. They can reach a maximum length of 6 inches.  Pink-mouthed Murexes live on and within sand and mud in the intertidal zone to depths up to 65 feet. They are found from Magdalena Bay, Baja California southward along the southwest coast of Baja, throughout the Sea of Cortez, and south to Peru.