Drupa speciosa

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

Drupa speciosa
Shell of Drupa speciosa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Drupa
Subgenus:
Ricinella
Species:
D. speciosa
Binomial name
Drupa speciosa
(Dunker, 1867)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa (Ricinella) speciosa (Dunker, 1867)
  • Ricinula speciosa Dunker, 1867 (basionym)

References
  1. Drupa speciosa (Dunker, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2012.
  • 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.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.


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