| Drupina grossularia | |
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| A shell of Drupina grossularia | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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]
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]
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.
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