Drupa morum

Drupa morum
A shell of Drupa morum morum
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. morum
Binomial name
Drupa morum
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807
  • Drupa (Drupa) morum Röding, 1798
  • Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817
  • Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852
  • Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816

Drupa morum, common name the purple 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) morum morum

Description

Thick, globose shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire, large body whorl and flat base. Colour white with dark brown nodules. Dark violet, narrow aperture with conspicuous groups of denticles.[1] Columella with three strong, plicate ridges.[1]

Distribution

Drupa morum lives in the Indo-Pacific.[1]

Habitat

Habitat of Drupa morum include rocky shores[1] and in crevices among lower eulittoral rocks.[1]

References

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