According to Kovalis & Korkos, who proposed the epithet “mediterranea” for the lessepsian population, it is fished in nets on sandy bottoms between 10m and 40m deep, « hiding during the day and crawling out during night time. » (Gloria Maris 48(6) p.152. « The colour spectrum of the Mediterranean specimens is much more variable than the Red Sea specimens », which show « lighter colours averaging greyish ivory white. » – Kovalis & Korkos: op. cit p.151.

The shell is close to that of carbonnieri Jousseaume, but the spines are more developed, the spire is less narrow, and « the protoconch whorls seem to be consistently larger and less angular. » – R. Houart: “Description of Two New Species of Murex s.s. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Northern Indian Ocean”, Breviora 521, Cambridge 2011, p.13.

The species seems to have successfully colonized the sandy infralittoral of Haifa. Specimens collected along the southern end of Kiryat-Haim shore, north of Kishon Harbour. Original picture provided by R. Frumkin for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC).