Drupella

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Phylum Mollusca

Similar Drupella cornus, Drupella rugosa, Cronia, Morula, Drupa

Drupella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

This genus was placed in the family Muricidae by Drivas & Jay, 1988 and by Richmond, 1997

Species

Species within the genus Drupella include:

Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)

Drupella eburnea (Küster, 1862)

Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832)

Drupella minuta Fujioka, 1984

Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778)

Species brought into synonymy

Drupella cariosa Wood: synonym of Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)

Drupella fraga (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832)

Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)

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