''Muricodrupa'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Ergalataxinae
Ergalataxinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic subfamily of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks within the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
In this subfamily, the aragonite, aragonitic gastrop ...
of the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
* ''
Muricodrupa anaxares''
(Kiener, 1836) (previously ''Morula anaxares'')
* ''
Muricodrupa fenestrata''
(Blainville, 1832)
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS) before 2019, the following species were included within the genus ''Muricodrupa'' :
* ''Muricodrupa fiscellum''
(Gmelin, 1791), now ''
Murichorda fiscellum''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Muricodrupa jacobsoni''
Emerson & D'Attilio, 1981, now ''
Murichorda jacobsoni''
(Emerson & D'Attilio, 1981) (original combination)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (2006) also includes the following names in current use
* ''Muricodrupa fusca''
(Küster, 1868 in 1859-68): synonym of ''
Semiricinula fusca''
(Küster, 1862)
* ''Muricodrupa pothuanii''
(Souleyet in Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852)
* ''Muricodrupa stellaris''
(Hombron & Jaquinot, 1854)
Taxonomy
In 1918, Iredale noted that the shell then known as ''Ricinula'' (or ''Sistrum'') ''cancellata'' Quoy and Gaimard 1833 was synonymous with the ''Purpura fenestrata'' of Blainville, 1832. He asserted that the species was distinct from ''Drupa'' and ''Morula'', creating a new monotypic genus ''Muricodrupa''.
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By 2013, the genus had been expanded to several species. Claremont ''et al.'' found the type species ''Muricodrupa fenestrata'' was related to ''Morula anaxares'', but not to other species that had been classified into ''Muricodrupa''. As a result, in 2019 Houart ''et al.'' proposed renaming ''Morula anaxares'' to ''Muricodrupa anaxares'', and removing ''M. fiscellum'' and ''M. jacobsoni'' to a new genus ''
Murichorda
''Murichorda'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, ...
''. ''Muricodrupa'' as redefined is related to a group of former ''Morula'' species now called ''
Tenguella''.
References
Gastropod genera
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