false venus comb

English

Etymology

From false +‎ Venus' comb.

Noun

false venus comb (plural false venus combs)

1. Any of species Murex scolopax of predatory rock snail.
   • 1979, Pierre Laboute, Y. Magnier, Underwater Guide to New Caledonia, page 12:

     Molluscs are still present, but now we find more burrowing, detritus-feeding and carnivorous species such as the Naticidae (Polynices tumidus), the bubble shells (Nassarius pullus), the murex (Murex tribulus, or false venus combs ....

   • 2015, Hisam Fazrul, Sukree Hajisamae, Mhd. Ikhwanuddin, Siriporn Pradit, “Assessing Impact of Crab Gill Net Fishery to Bycatch Population in the Lower Gulf of Thailand”, in Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Scineces, page 764:

     Table 2. Bycatch composition collected by crab gill net in Pattani Bay (D = discarded or non-valuable bycatch ....)
      Species               Common name         %    Status
     Murex scolopax    False venus comb    0.3   D

   • 2019, C SurasawadeeS Sangsawanget al., “The Samoreang Community's Rehabilitation Project”, in Journal of Urban Culture Research‎^{[so04.tci-thaijo.org]}:

     Attend demonstrations on how to use natural materials such as False Venus comb seashells to make crafts and palm-leaf fans, hats and bags.

Synonyms

• woodcock murex

Hypernyms

• murex, rock snail

Coordinate terms

• Venus comb, Venus comb murex (Murex pecten)

See also

• Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris)