Drupa morum
| Drupa morum | |
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| A shell of Drupa morum morum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Drupa |
| Species: | D. morum
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| Binomial name | |
| Drupa morum Röding, 1798
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| Synonyms | |
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Drupa morum, common name the purple drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)[1] (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 ) (species inquirenda)
- Drupa morum morum Röding, 1798[1] (synonyms : Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807; Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816), Drupa morum Röding, 1798, Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, 1798; Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817); Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817; Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852; Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816)
Description
[edit]Thick, globose shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire, large body whorl and flat base. Colour white with dark brown nodules. Dark violet, narrow aperture with conspicuous groups of denticles.[1] Columella with three strong, plicate ridges.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Drupa morum lives in the Indo-Pacific.[1]
- Aldabra[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Chagos[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Kenya[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Madagascar
- Mascarene Basin[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Mauritius[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Red Sea[1] (from invalid distribution)
- Tanzania[1]
Habitat
[edit]Habitat of Drupa morum include rocky shores[1] and in crevices among lower eulittoral rocks.[1]
References
[edit]- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drupa morum.
- "Drupa (Drupa) morum morum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.