Muricodrupa fiscella

Muricodrupa fiscella
Muricodrupa fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Muricodrupa
Species:	M. fiscella
Binomial name
Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864 Drupa decussata (Reeve, 1845) Drupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791) Murex decussatus Reeve, 1845 Murex fiscellum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Murex funiculus Wood, 1828 Coralliophila confragosa Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1865 Cronia (Muricodrupa) funiculus (Wood, 1828) Morula (Morula) triangulata Pease, W.H., 1868 Murex iostoma Sowerby, 1834 Murex moriformis Lesson, 1844 Murex muricoides Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1854 Murex ricinuloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Muricodrupa stellaris Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854 Purpura muricoides Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854 Purpura nympha Duclos, 1832 Purpura pothuani Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854 Ricinula decussata (Reeve, 1845) Sistrum triangulatum Pease, 1868

Muricodrupa fiscella, common name : the little basket 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 14 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, along Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 November 2010.

• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74

External links

• Gastropods.com : Muricodrupa fiscella; accessed : 18 November 2010