Like many other murex snails, it feeds on other mollusks. The dye was obtained from the Murex snail and was known as "Tyrian purple". The classical dye known as Phoenician Red was also derived from murex snails. This murex occurs in shallow, sublittoral waters. Terrestrial snails in the genera "Helix" and "Murex" are raised for food. It was exploited from the "Murex trunculus" and "Murex brandaris" shellfishes, known as Tyrian purple. However, a few sea animals, such as "Murex" snails, use bromide to make organic compounds. Khoury has twice been awarded the Murex d'Or. Apparently, 10- to 12,000 murex yielded only one gram of dye. She also won Murex d'Or award as best Egyptian actress in 2013. "Strombus fusus", "Strombus murex" and "Strombus lentiginosus". The name is believed to originate from the Latin "murex", meaning "sharp stone". This is the main reason why "Murex" has so many synonyms. Murex has customers located in 70 countries. In that year, she won the Murex d'Or award for Best Female Artist.