Drupina is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Drupina | |
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| Drupina grossularia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Drupina Dall, W.H., 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Ricinula digitata Lamarck, 1816 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
- Drupina grossularia (Röding, 1798)
- Drupina lobata (Blainville, 1832)
References edit
- 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.
- Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
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