Drupa elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Drupa elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Drupa |
Species: | D. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Drupa elegans (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ a b Drupa elegans (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 March 2012.
- 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