- Muricodrupa fiscella
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Muricodrupa fiscella Muricodrupa fiscella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Ergalataxinae Genus: Muricodrupa Species: M. fiscella Binomial name Muricodrupa fiscella
(Gmelin, 1791)Synonyms[1] - Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864
- Drupa decussata (Reeve, 1845)
- Drupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
- Murex decussatus Reeve, 1845
- Murex fiscellum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
- Murex funiculus Wood, 1828
- Coralliophila confragosa Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1865
- Cronia (Muricodrupa) funiculus (Wood, 1828)
- Morula (Morula) triangulata Pease, W.H., 1868
- Murex iostoma Sowerby, 1834
- Murex moriformis Lesson, 1844
- Murex muricoides Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1854
- Murex ricinuloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Muricodrupa stellaris Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
- Purpura muricoides Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
- Purpura nympha Duclos, 1832
- Purpura pothuani Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
- Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
- Ricinula decussata (Reeve, 1845)
- Sistrum triangulatum Pease, 1868
Muricodrupa fiscella, common name : the little basket drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Description
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, along Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ^ a b Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408067 on 18 November 2010.
- Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
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