Drupa ricinus

Drupa (Drupa) ricinus
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus
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. ricinus
Binomial name
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Drupa ricina (Linnaeus) Purpura hystrix Linnaeus

Drupa (Drupa) ricinus, common name : prickly spotted 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) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904)
• Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Drupa ricinus albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
• Drupa ricinus arachnoidea (Lamarck, 1810)

Description

The shell size varies between 19 mm and 32 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and along the Galápagos Islands.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212140 on 27 January 2011.

• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

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