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Drupa morum
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| Drupa morum | |
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| A shell of Drupa morum morum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Drupa |
| Species: | D. morum
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| Binomial name | |
| Drupa morum Röding, 1798
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| Synonyms | |
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Drupa morum, commonly named purple drupe or makaloa in Hawaiian, is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840)[1] (synonym : Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 ) (species inquirenda)
- Drupa morum morum Röding, 1798[1] (synonyms : Canrena neritoidea Link, 1807; Drupa horrida (Lamarck, 1816), Drupa morum Röding, 1798, Drupa (Drupa) morum morum Röding, 1798; Drupa violacea (Schumacher, 1817); Ricinella violacea Schumacher, 1817; Ricinula globosa Mörch, 1852; Ricinula horrida Lamarck, 1816)
Description
[edit]Drupa morum has a thick, globose shell that can reach 5cm with a low spire, large body whorl and flat base that covers the surface of the body as it grows. The shell has a columella with three strong, plicate ridges.[1] The outside layer is white with dark brown nodules, while in the inside appears a dark violet. The aperture is narrow and has conspicuous group of denticles.[1] They are often covered with coralline algae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Drupa morum lives in the subtropical and tropical Indo-Pacific,[1][3] including the following locations:
Habitat
[edit]Drupa morum inhabits rocky shores[1] and can be found in crevices among the lower eulittoral. It is abundant from shallow waters up to 30 feet deep, typically lives at a sea temperatures of 25-30 degrees Celsius[4] and where the salinity is 30-35 PSU.[4]
Diet
[edit]Drupa morum feeds on Eunicid polychaetes and limestone-boring invertebrates in addition to many crustaceans, fishes, sipunculids, and vermetids.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Drupa morum Röding, 1798". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ "Mulberry Drupe, Drupa morum". www.marinelifephotography.com. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Drupa morum, Purple Pacific drupe". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ a b "Drupa morum Röding, 1798 - Ocean Biodiversity Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ TAYLOR, J. D. (1983-08-01). "The food of coral-reef Drupa (Gastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 78 (4): 299–316. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1975.tb02262.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
- 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.
External links
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- "Drupa (Drupa) morum morum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.