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Drupa ricinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Rapaninae

Scientific name
  
Drupa ricinus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Genus
  
Drupa

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Drupa, Drupa morum, Drupa rubusidaeus, Morula granulata, Morula

Drupa (Drupa) ricinus, common name : prickly spotted 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 (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) (synonyms: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904); Drupa hadari Emerson & Cernohorsky, 1973; Ricinula lischkei Hidalgo, 1904 (basionym) )
  • Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Drupa ricinus albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa ricinus arachnoidea (Lamarck, 1810)

    • Description

    The shell size varies between 19 mm and 32 mm

    Distribution

    This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and along the Galápagos Islands.

    References

    Drupa ricinus Wikipedia
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