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Muricodrupa fiscella

Muricodrupa fiscella
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Muricodrupa fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Muricodrupa
Species: M. fiscella
Binomial name
Muricodrupa fiscella
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864
  • Drupa decussata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Drupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex decussatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex fiscellum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Murex funiculus Wood, 1828
  • Coralliophila confragosa Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1865
  • Cronia (Muricodrupa) funiculus (Wood, 1828)
  • Morula (Morula) triangulata Pease, W.H., 1868
  • Murex iostoma Sowerby, 1834
  • Murex moriformis Lesson, 1844
  • Murex muricoides Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1854
  • Murex ricinuloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Muricodrupa stellaris Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Purpura muricoides Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Purpura nympha Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura pothuani Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
  • Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Ricinula decussata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Sistrum triangulatum Pease, 1868

Muricodrupa fiscella, common name : the little basket drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm

This species occurs in the Red Sea, along Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific.


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