species: Drupa ricinus in Lady Elliot Island (Gaia Guide)
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Drupa ricinus


©Anne: Drupa ricinus clinging to granite rock in the shallow intertidal, Bird Islet, Lizard Island.

©Anne: Drupa ricinus about 3 cm long at Bird Islet reef flat, Lizard Island. Note the pattern of 'teeth' in the aperture: two separate ones at anterior end, then two together, then a block of four (Wilson, 1994).

©Naturalis Biodiversity Center/Wikimedia Commons: Drupa ricinus

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Muricidae
Genus Drupa
Species Drupa ricinus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 3 cm (shell length)

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Distribution


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References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1983). The food of coral-reef Drupa (Gastropoda), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78: 299-316. LIRS catalog number 123.