| Drupa morum | |
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| A shell of Drupa morum morum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Drupa |
| Species: | D. morum |
| Binomial name | |
| Drupa morum Röding, 1798 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Drupa morum, common name the purple drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
Thick, globose shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire, large body whorl and flat base. Colour white with dark brown nodules. Dark violet, narrow aperture with conspicuous groups of denticles. [1] Columella with three strong, plicate ridges. [1]
Drupa morum lives in the Indo-Pacific. [1]
Habitat of Drupa morum include rocky shores [1] and in crevices among lower eulittoral rocks. [1]
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Cymatium is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
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Morula uva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Ranularia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
Ricinula is a genus of predatory sea snails, marinegastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
