Drupa morum

Drupa (Drupa) morum
a shell of Drupa (Drupa) morum morum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Rapaninae
Genus:	Drupa
Subgenus:	Drupa
Species:	D. morum
Binomial name
Drupa (Drupa) morum Röding, 1798

Drupa (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

• Drupa (Drupa) morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)^[1] (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 )
• Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, 1798^[1] (synonyms : Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807; Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816), Drupa morum Röding, 1798, Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817); Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817; Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852; Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816)

Drupa (Drupa) morum morum

Description

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

Drupa (Drupa) morum lives in the Indo-Pacific.^[1]

• Aldabra^[1]
• Chagos^[1]
• Kenya^[1]
• Mascarene Basin^[1]
• Mauritius^[1]
• Red Sea^[1]
• Tanzania^[1]

Habitat

Habitat of Drupa (Drupa) morum include rocky shores^[1] and in crevices among lower eulittoral rocks.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Drupa (Drupa) morum Röding, 1798.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212149 on 19 November 2010.

• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Drupa (Drupa) morum morum; accessed : 19 November 2010

• Drupa morum at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.