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. ^ ^{a b} Drupa (Drupina) grossularia Röding, 1798.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396688 on 18 November 2010.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Drupa (Drupina) grossularia; accessed : 18 November 2010