''Drupa clathrata miticula'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Drupa clathrata miticula (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223859 on 2023-07-09 This is a

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References

* 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.

External links

Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
miticula Gastropods described in 1822 {{Rapaninae-stub