Drupa aperta

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Drupa aperta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Drupa
Subgenus: Thais
Species: D. aperta
Binomial name
Drupa aperta
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura aperta Blainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Purpura macrostoma Conrad, 1837
  • Thais (Thais) aperta Blainville, 1832

Drupa aperta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Drupa aperta (Blainville, 1832).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2012.
  • Claremont M., Reid D.G. & Williams S.T. (2012) Speciation and dietary specialization in Drupa, a genus of predatory marine snails (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 137-149

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