Drupa grossularia

Drupa (Drupina) grossularia
a shell of Drupa grossularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Drupa
Subgenus: Drupina
Species: D. grossularia
Binomial name
Drupa (Drupina) grossularia
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa digitata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Drupa grossularia Röding, 1798
  • Murex fimbriatus Mawe, 1823
  • Purpura laurentiana Petit, 1850
  • Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842
  • Ricinella dactyloides Schumacher, 1817
  • Ricinula digitata Lamarck, 1816
  • Ricinula fusca sensu Sowerby Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844

Drupa (Drupina) grossularia, common name : the finger 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 Eastern Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in Eastern Polynesia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Drupa (Drupina) grossularia Röding, 1798.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 November 2010.

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