Muricopsis rutila

Muricopsis rutila
Shell of Muricopsis rutila mariangelae (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Muricopsis
Species:	M. rutila
Binomial name
Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation Muricopsis (Risomurex) rutila (Reeve, 1846) Muricopsis rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation Ricinula rutila (Reeve, 1846)

Muricopsis rutila, common name : the beaded drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

• Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : this subspecies is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe
• Muricopsis rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846): this species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Ghana: represented as Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

References

• Rolàn, E. & Fernandes, F., 1991. Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) de les islas de Sao Tomé y Principe (Golfo de Guinea, Africa occidental). Apex 6(1): 11-20

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London