OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Drupa (Drupa) elegans Broderip & Sowerby, 1828

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ricinula elegans Broderip & Sowerby, 1828

Distribution

Marshall Islands to Tonga and Pitcairn Islands {CERNOHOR1978A}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania

Keywords

depth: intertidal 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.68, pl. 19, fig. 8 General reference
 Emerson, W.K. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1973. p.24, pl. 2, fig. 12, pl. 19-20 Contains synonymy
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.252-253 General reference
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.315 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Drupa Röding, 1798
                              Drupa (Drupa) Röding, 1798
                                Drupa (Drupa) elegans Broderip & Sowerby, 1828

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49948) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-27.