Drupa morum

Drupa morum, common name the purple drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Drupa morum
A shell of Drupa morum morum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Drupa
Subgenus:
Drupa
Species:
D. morum
Binomial name
Drupa morum
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807
  • Drupa (Drupa) morum Röding, 1798
  • Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817
  • Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852
  • Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816

Subspecies
  • Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)[1] (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 ) (species inquirenda)
  • Drupa morum morum Röding, 1798[1] (synonyms : Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807; Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816), Drupa morum Röding, 1798, Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, 1798; Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817); Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817; Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852; Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816)
Drupa (Drupa) morum morum

Description

Thick, globose shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire, large body whorl and flat base. Colour white with dark brown nodules. Dark violet, narrow aperture with conspicuous groups of denticles.[1] Columella with three strong, plicate ridges.[1]

Distribution

Drupa morum lives in the Indo-Pacific.[1]

  • Aldabra[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Chagos[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Kenya[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Madagascar
  • Mascarene Basin[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Mauritius[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Red Sea[1] (from invalid distribution)
  • Tanzania[1]

Habitat

Habitat of Drupa morum include rocky shores[1] and in crevices among lower eulittoral rocks.[1]

References
  1. Drupa morum Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2012.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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.
  • "Drupa (Drupa) morum morum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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