Semiricinula marginatra

Semiricinula marginatra
Semiricinula marginatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Semiricinula
Species: S. marginatra
Binomial name
Semiricinula marginatra
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Ergalatax foliacea Conrad, T.A., 1837
  • Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Murex brunneolabrum Dall, W.H. MS, 1923
  • Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
  • Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
  • Sistrum affine Pease, 1862
  • Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
  • Sistrum marginatrum (Blainville, 1832)

Semiricinula marginatra, common name : the brownish 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 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Polynesia.

References

  1. ^ a b Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397054 on 18 December 2010.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173-213
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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