Drupina grossularia

Drupina grossularia
Shells of Drupina grossularia from Guam, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Drupina
Species: D. grossularia
Binomial name
Drupina grossularia
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Drupa (Drupina) grossularia Röding, 1798
  • Drupa digitata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Drupa grossularia Röding, 1798
  • Murex fimbriatus Mawe, 1823
  • Purpura laurentiana Petit, 1850
  • Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842
  • Ricinella dactyloides Schumacher, 1817
  • Ricinula digitata Lamarck, 1816
  • Ricinula fusca sensu Sowerby Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844

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Drupina grossularia, common name : the finger drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 millimetres (0.79 in) and 45 millimetres (1.8 in).. [3][4] The shells of this species are yellow-mouthed and develop marginal lobate digitate processes. On the outer lip the teeth are singularly arranged. The radula has small and slender lateral teeth and a greatly modified rachidian radular tooth.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is distributed in the Eastern Indian Ocean along Madagascar in the Philippines [4] and in Eastern Polynesia. [3][6][5] It prefers hard reef in the surf zone and reef areas of lagoons. [7][8]

References

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