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Drupa morum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Rapaninae

Scientific name
  
Drupa morum

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Genus
  
Drupa

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Drupa, Drupa rubusidaeus, Drupa ricinus, Morula granulata, Drupella cornus

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.

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Subspecies

  • Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840) (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 ) (species inquerenda)
  • Drupa morum morum Röding, 1798 (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)

    • 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. Columella with three strong, plicate ridges.

    Distribution

    Drupa morum lives in the Indo-Pacific.

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

    • Habitat

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

    References

    Drupa morum Wikipedia
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