Biology:Drupa rubusidaeus

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

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

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5309369 entry