Muricopsis rosea

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Muricopsis
Subgenus:	Risomurex
Species:	M. rosea
Binomial name
	Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea; (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
	Morula rosea (Reeve, 1846); Ricinula rosea Reeve, 1846 (basionym); Risomurex roseus (Reeve, 1846);

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea, common name : the pink 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 grows to a length of 15 mm

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin.

Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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