Purpurschnecke

== German == === Etymology === From Purpur (“purple”) +‎ Schnecke (“snail”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Purpurschnecke f (genitive Purpurschnecke, plural Purpurschnecken) A marine gastropod mollusk, banded dye-murex, Hexaplex trunculus, Murex trunculus ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Purpurschnecke”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Purpurschnecke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Purpurschnecke” in Duden online