Talk:Hexaplex trunculus
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[edit]Anyone know the Conservation Status? I had heard both that they were extinct and that they were rediscovered. I would assume that they are somewhat endangered, but I'm not sure. Valley2city 17:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- It's not mentioned in the 006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [www.iucnredlist.org] JoJan 22:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
The ancient method for mass-producing purple-blue dye
[edit]Under Human use, one states that: The ancient method for mass-producing purple-blue dye from Hexaplex trunculus has not yet been successfully reproduced. See please the following link: https://edelsteincenter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/koren-2005-dha-20.pdf Thank you Esteve — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.35.159.170 (talk) 10:53, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
The oldest evidence
[edit]It is very wrong to claim the purple dying originated in the Phoenicians colonies.
“The chances of finding the proper product of the purple dyeing industry, a purple-dyed textile, decrease geometrically as we go back in time. However, residues of dyed textile, in which mollusc purple is identified, date back to the Late Bronze Age. In present evidence, the earliest cases belong to archaeological sites in Syria. Purple-dyed textile fragments were found first in a royal tomb complex in the Bronze Age palace of ancient Qatna, Tell Mishrife, Syria”