Drupa (gastropod)

Drupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] It occurs in the Indo-Pacific.[2]

Drupa
a shell of Drupa grossularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Drupa
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Canrena Link, 1807
  • Drupa (Drupa) Röding, 1798
  • Drupa (Ricinella) Schumacher, 1817
  • Pentadactylus Mörch, 1852
  • Pentadactylus (Sistrum) Montfort, 1810
  • Purpura (Ricinula)
  • Ricinula Lamarck, 1816
  • Ricinula (Sistrum)
  • Sistrum Montfort, 1810
  • Sistrum (Ricinula)

Description

In this genus, the shell has a narrow aperture occluded by columellar and outer lip teeth.[2]

Diet

Drupa snails are predators that mainly feed on polychaetes but also on vermetids, sipunculids, crustaceans and fish.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Drupa include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Drupa Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 November 2010.
  2. Tan, K. S. (March 2000). "Species checklist of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the South China Sea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 48 (8): 495–512.
  3. Drupa clathrata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Drupa denticulata Houart & Vilvens, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Drupa elegans (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Drupa miticula Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Drupa morum Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. Drupa rubusidaeus Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. Drupa speciosa (Dunker, 1867). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. Drupa anaxeres Duclos in Kiener, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. Drupa aspera Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. Drupa biconica de Blainville. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. Drupa cancellata Quoy & Gaimard. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. Drupa chrysostoma Deshayes. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. Drupa concatenata Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. Drupa decussata Reeve. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  18. Drupa digitata Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  19. Drupa elata Blainville. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  20. Drupa fiscella (Chemnitz, 1788). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  21. Drupa fusconigra Dunker. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  22. Drupa granulata (Duclos, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  23. Drupa horrida Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  24. Drupa margariticola Broderip. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  25. Drupa marginatra (Blainville). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  26. Drupa mutica Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  27. Drupa ochrostoma (de Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  28. Drupa reticulata. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  29. Drupa spathulifera Blainville. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  30. Drupa spectrum Reeve. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  31. Drupa spinosa Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  32. Drupa tuberculata (de Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  33. Drupa undata (Chemnitz, 1795). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  34. Drupa violacea Schumacher. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
  • Claremont M., Reid D.G. & Williams S.T. (2012) Speciation and dietary specialization in Drupa, a genus of predatory marine snails (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 137-149
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