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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Hexaplex trunculus</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Tyrian purple</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Hexaplex</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>murex, banded dye</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Murex trunculus</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>banded dye murex</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of predatory sea snail, native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa. It was used to make expensive purple-blue indigo dye since ancient times.  ]]></note></mads>