Muricodrupa fenestrata

Muricodrupa fenestrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Muricodrupa
Species:	M. fenestrata
Binomial name
Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella clathra Lesson, 1842 Drupa cancellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Drupella ochrostoma (Wood, 1828) Morula cancellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Morula fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) Murex cariosus Wood, 1828 Ocenebra fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) Purpura cancellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Purpura fenestrata Blainville, 1832 Ricinula cancellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Ricinula elongata Reeve, 1846 (sensu Blainville Reeve, 1846)

Muricodrupa fenestrata 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 17 mm and 45 mm.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Tanzania and the south coast of South Africa and in the Indo-West Pacific.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408066 on 18 December 2010.

Further reading

• Dautzenberg Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III.
• Emerson W. K. & D'Attilio A. (1981). "Remarks on Muricodrupa Iredale, 1918 (Muricidae: Thaidinae), with the description of a new species". The Nautilus 95(2): 77-82
• Spry J. F. (1961). "The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods". Tanganyika Notes and Records 56.
• Branch G. M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Muricodrupa fenestrata; accessed : 17 November 2010