- Drupa rubusidaeus
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Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Rapaninae Genus: Drupa Subgenus: Ricinella Species: D. rubusidaeus Binomial name Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus
Röding, 1798Synonyms[1] - Drupa fragum Röding, P.F., 1798
- Drupa rubusidaeus Röding, 1798
- Drupa (Ricinella) purpurata Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
- Drupa spathulifera (Blainville, 1832)
- Murex hippocastanum Wood, 1825
- Murex hystrix Link, H.F., 1807
- Purpura spathulifera Blainville, 1832
- Ricinella purpurata Schumacher, 1817
- Ricinula reeveana Crosse, 1862
- Ricinula miticula Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus, common name : the strawberry 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 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ^ a b Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403667 on 19 November 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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