Drupa ricinus

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Drupa ricinus
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Drupa
Species:
D. ricinus
Binomial name
Drupa ricinus
Synonyms[1]

Drupa (Drupa) ricinus, common name : prickly spotted drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Subspecies

  • Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) (synonyms: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904); Drupa hadari Emerson & Cernohorsky, 1973; Ricinula lischkei Hidalgo, 1904 (basionym) )
  • Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Drupa ricinus albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa ricinus arachnoidea (Lamarck, 1810)

Description

Five views of a shell of Drupa ricinus

The shell size varies between 19 mm and 32 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and along the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • 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
  • Drupa ricinus ricinus. Museum specimens.
    Drupa ricinus ricinus. Museum specimens.
  • Drupa ricinus lischkei. Museum specimens.
    Drupa ricinus lischkei. Museum specimens.
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