Semiricinula marginatra
| Semiricinula marginatra |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Muricoidea |
| Family: |
Muricidae |
| Subfamily: |
Rapaninae |
| Genus: |
Semiricinula |
| Species: |
S. marginatra |
| Binomial name |
Semiricinula marginatra
(Blainville, 1832) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, T.A., 1837
- Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
- Murex brunneolabrum Dall, W.H. MS, 1923
- Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
- Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
- Sistrum affine Pease, 1862
- Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
- Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)
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Semiricinula marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Polynesia.
References
- Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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