Drupa rubusidaeus
Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus | |
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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[1] | |
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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
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
- 1 2 Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
External links
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