Species Drupa rubusidaeus (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex nodus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3537] [junior homonym; not Murex nodus Linnaeus, 1758].
• Drupa rubusidaeus Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [55].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Davao Bay, Mindanao, Philippines.
• Drupa fragum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [55].
• Manciella hystrix Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [115] [junior homonym; not Murex hystrix Linnaeus, 1758].
• Ricinella purpurata Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [240].
• Ricinula miticula Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [231].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNG 1101/13/1, no locality given, designated as Mahébourg, Mauritius.
• Murex hippocastanum Wood, W. 1825. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor pp.119-133. [124, pl. 26, fig. 53a] [not Murex hippocastanum Linnaeus, 1758].
• Purpura spathulifera Blainville, H.M.D. de 1832. Dispostion méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 1: 189-263 [212, pl. 9, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG, no locality given.
• Ricinula reveana Crosse, H. 1862. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 47-51 [47, pl. 1, fig. 3] [junior homonym of Ricinula reeveana C.B. Adams, 1852;].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Nouhiva (= Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids).

 

Generic Combinations

• Drupa rubusidaeus (Röding, 1798). —
  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 [93]
• Drupa (Ricinella) rubusidaeus Röding, 1798. —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [41, pl. 4, figs 1a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, coral reef, intertidal, marine, reef flats, rocks, sand, tide pools.

 

General References

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [310-311]

Emerson, W.K. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1973. The genus Drupa in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(13): 1-40 [27, 33, pl. 2, figs 13-15, 19-20, pls 22-23, 28, 30]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [243-244, fig. 86E]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [372, pl. 4, fig. 9]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [41, pl. 4, figs 1a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [92, pl. 61, figs 1-1a]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [147] (Porcupine Castor Bean, Puce-mouthed Castor Bean)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [149] (Red Mouthed Drupe)

Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Purpura. pls 1-13 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [s 13] (The Horse-Chestnut Purpura, The Porcupine Purpura)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	MURICIDAE	13-Nov-2014	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)