Drupa elegans

Drupa elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Drupa elegans
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D. elegans
Binomial name
Drupa elegans
(Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa (Drupa) elegans (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
  • Ricinula elegans Broderip & Sowerby, 1829

References

  • 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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