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User:ToastTheKnowing/Sandbox/Bestiary/Murex

Description & Connections

An overgrown conch of prickly demeanor, from whose weatherworn shell of multitudinous spines extend. Predatory by nature, the Murex quickly spread to prevalence following the cataclysm, displacing the less assertive of the traditional Abyssean fauna. While ordinarily given to vertical suspension, a provoked creature will often shift to a horizontal posture: a warning in no uncertain gesticulations that the object of its ire will soon meet with the discomfort of impalement.

Ephemeral Murex occasionally spawn among the other monsters of Abyssea with visible wind or lightning auras. These absorb wind and lightning elemental magic, respectively.

Special Abilities

Learnable Blue Magic is indicated with icons next to their links.

Benthic Typhoon:
Frontal AoE damage and knockback. Lowers defense and magic defense. Ignores Utsusemi.
Pelagic Tempest:
Frontal AoE damage + Shock(28hp/tick) + Terror(~10sec). Ignores Utsusemi. This move is used instead of Benthic Typhoon for Thunder-based Ephemeral Murex.

Notorious Monsters in Family

There are no NMs in this family

Monsters in Family

Name	Level	Zone
Escarp Murex	79-88	Abyssea - Misareaux
River Murex	79 - 88	Abyssea - Vunkerl
Rock Murex	79 - 88	Abyssea - Attohwa
Ephemeral Murex	79 - 88	Abyssea - Attohwa Abyssea - Misareaux Abyssea - Vunkerl
Sand Murex	❔	Abyssea - Altepa
Hillock Murex	❔	Abyssea - Grauberg
Eschan Murex	115 - 119	Escha - Ru'Aun

Derivations

Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails. The common name "murex" is also used for a large number of species in the family Muricidae, most of which in the past were originally given the Latin generic name Murex, but most of which have now been grouped in other newer genera. The word murex was used by Aristotle in reference to these kinds of snails, thus Murex is arguably one of the oldest classical shell names still in use by the scientific community.

Source entry: User:ToastTheKnowing/Sandbox/Bestiary/Murex. Cached on this server on 6 November 2026.