Drupa ricinus
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| Drupa (Drupa) ricinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Drupa |
| Species: | D. ricinus
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Drupa (Drupa) ricinus, common name : prickly spotted drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) (synonyms: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904); Drupa hadari Emerson & Cernohorsky, 1973; Ricinula lischkei Hidalgo, 1904 (basionym) )
- Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) )
- Drupa ricinus albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
- Drupa ricinus arachnoidea (Lamarck, 1810)
Description
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The shell size varies between 19 mm and 32 mm
Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and along the Galápagos Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
- Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
- 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
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Drupa ricinus ricinus. Museum specimens. -
Drupa ricinus lischkei. Museum specimens.
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drupa ricinus.
- "Drupa (Drupa) ricinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010.