Drupina grossularia
| Drupina grossularia | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ WoRMS
- 1 2 Gastropods.com : Drupa (Drupina) grossularia
- 1 2 WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- 1 2 Joseph Rosewater THE FAMILY LITTORINIDAE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Part I. The Subfamily Littorininae
- ↑ Discover life
- ↑ Marine life photography
- ↑ Sealife Base
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