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 morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)^[1] (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 ) (species inquerenda)
• Drupa morum morum Röding, 1798^[1] (synonyms : Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807; Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816), Drupa morum Röding, 1798, Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, 1798; Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817); Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817; Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852; Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816)

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]

• Aldabra^[1] (from invalid distribution)
• Chagos^[1](from invalid distribution)
• Kenya^[1](from invalid distribution)
• Madagascar
• Mascarene Basin^[1](from invalid distribution)
• Mauritius^[1](from invalid distribution)
• Red Sea^[1](from invalid distribution)
• Tanzania^[1]

Habitat

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

References

1. Drupa morum Röding, 1798.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2012.

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
• Claremont M., Reid D.G. & Williams S.T. (2012) Speciation and dietary specialization in Drupa, a genus of predatory marine snails (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 137-149.

External links

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

• "Drupa morum". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).