Meksikon alkuperäiskansat, erityisesti misteekit, saivat kankaisiinsa väriainetta Purpura patula pansa -kotilosta, joka on sukua tyroslaisten käyttämälle kotilolle.
The native peoples of Mexico, especially the Mixtec, dyed their fabrics with an excretion from a snail called Purpura patula pansa, which was related to a snail used by the Tyrians.jw2019 jw2019