Drupella is most commonly a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
This genus was placed in the family Muricidae by Drivas & Jay, 1988Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1988. Shells from Reunion. XVIII Fam. Cardiidae. Conchiglia, 19(232-233):16-17 and by Richmond, 1997.Richmond M.D.(editor), 1997, A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and Western Indian Ocean Islands; Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC
Description Drupella has extremely long, thin lateral teeth. The shells and radulae vary considerably even within species, complicating the taxonomy of the genus. The colour of the shell aperture varies from white to purple. Some species show sexual dimorphism in their radulae, with males having larger rachidian teeth than females.
Diet Snails of this genus are specialist predators of coral polyps.
Species Species within the genus Drupella include: Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) Drupella eburnea (Küster, 1862) Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) Drupella minuta Fujioka, 1984 Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778) Drupella margariticolaMolluscaBase (2018). Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576817 on 2019-01-06 Species brought into synonymy Drupella cariosa Wood: synonym of Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) Drupella fraga (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
References
Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
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