Drupella margariticola

Drupella margariticola, common name the shouldered castor bean, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Drupella margariticola
juvenile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Drupella
Species:
D. margariticola
Binomial name
Drupella margariticola
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
  • Drupa margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
  • Drupa undata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
  • Morula margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
  • Murex margariticola Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
  • Murex undatus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Murex undatus Chemnitz, 1795
  • Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura squamosa Deshayes, 1832
  • Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844
  • Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842
  • Ricinula undata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Sistrum indica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Sistrum undatum (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Sistrum undatum var. kieneri Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905
  • Thais margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576817 on 2019-01-06
  2. City University of Hong Kong. (2000). Study of the suitablility of Ping Chau to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.


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