Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Semiricinula marginatra | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Rapaninae Rank Species | |
Similar Purpura bufo, Muricodrupa, Orania, Purpura persica, Drupa | ||
Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish 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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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin, the coast of South Africa and Mozambique; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii , the Fiji Islands, Samoan Islands and Polynesia; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
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