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Drupa rubusidaeus

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Drupa rubusidaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Drupa
Species:
D. rubusidaeus
Binomial name
Drupa rubusidaeus
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[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]

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

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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

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  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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  • "Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.