Drupina grossularia

Drupina grossularia
A shell of Drupina grossularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Drupina
Species:
D. grossularia
Binomial name
Drupina grossularia
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa (Drupina) grossularia Röding, 1798
  • Drupa digitata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Drupa grossularia Röding, 1798
  • Murex fimbriatus Mawe, 1823
  • Purpura laurentiana Petit, 1850
  • Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842
  • Ricinella dactyloides Schumacher, 1817
  • Ricinula digitata Lamarck, 1816
  • Ricinula fusca sensu Sowerby Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844

Drupina grossularia, the finger drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 millimetres (0.79 in) and 45 millimetres (1.8 in).[3][4] The shells of this species are yellow-mouthed and develop marginal lobate digitate processes. On the outer lip the teeth are singularly arranged. The radula has small and slender lateral teeth and a greatly modified rachidian radular tooth.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species is distributed in the Eastern Indian Ocean along Madagascar in the Philippines[4] and in Eastern Polynesia.[3][6][5] It prefers hard reef in the surf zone and reef areas of lagoons.[7][8]
Also off Queensland, Australia, and off Guam.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drupina grossularia.
  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ WoRMS
  3. ^ a b "Drupa (Drupina) grossularia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  5. ^ a b Joseph Rosewater THE FAMILY LITTORINIDAE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC Part I. The Subfamily Littorininae
  6. ^ Discover life
  7. ^ Marine life photography
  8. ^ Sealife Base


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