Muricodrupa fenestrata

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Muricodrupa fenestrata
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Two shells of Muricodrupa fenestrata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricodrupa
Species:
M. fenestrata
Binomial name
Muricodrupa fenestrata
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella clathra(Lesson, 1842)
  • Columbella clathraLesson, 1842
  • Drupa (Morula) cariosa(Wood, 1828)
  • Drupa cancellata(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Drupella ochrostoma(Wood, 1828)
  • Morula cancellata(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Morula cariosa(Wood, 1828)
  • Morula fenestrata(Blainville, 1832)
  • Murex cariosusWood, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex cariosus Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Ocenebra fenestrata(Blainville, 1832)
  • Purpura cancellataQuoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Purpura fenestrataBlainville, 1832 (original combination)
  • Ricinula cancellata(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Ricinula elongataReeve, 1846 (sensu Blainville Reeve, 1846)

Muricodrupa fenestrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 45 mm.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Tanzania and the south coast of South Africa and in the Indo-West Pacific.

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