Troschel's murex
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
These long spines are said to be there to protect it from enemies.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Troschel's murex
- Scientific name
- Murex troscheli
- Japanese name
- アクキガイ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Murex
It is also called akkigai ("demon shell").
How the Troschel's murex lives
It mainly eats other mollusks. It lives on muddy or sandy seabeds.
國立臺灣博物館Basic data
- Range
- Western Pacific south of the Boso Peninsula
Where the Troschel's murex has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アクキガイ
- 简体中文
- 女巫骨螺
- 繁體中文
- 女巫骨螺
- Русский
- Мурекс Трошеля
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アクキガイChecked: 2026-11-04
- 國立臺灣博物館 — 女巫骨螺Checked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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