Drupa margariticola [Status Unaccepted]
(Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby,
1833) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
Description
Color: Dark-coloured; the principal spiral ridges are dark or blackish brown, while the interstices between them are whitish;
the interior of the aperture is pale purplish.
Shell is small, rather broadly spindle-shaped; the wide middle part of the shell being more or less strongly angular. The spire is conical and sharply pointed. The surface is transversed by fine spiral ridges; the principal spiral ridges are raised into more or less compressed nodules, those at the angular part being the strongest and most pronounced .
Color: Dark-coloured; the principal spiral ridges are dark or blackish brown, while the interstices between them are whitish;
the interior of the aperture is pale purplish.
Shell is small, rather broadly spindle-shaped; the wide middle part of the shell being more or less strongly angular. The spire is conical and sharply pointed. The surface is transversed by fine spiral ridges; the principal spiral ridges are raised into more or less compressed nodules, those at the angular part being the strongest and most pronounced .
Synonym (s)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Coastal
Habitat: Coastal
Biogeography
• Tamil Nadu, Shingle Island (Lat: 9.23) (Long: 79.23) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Krusadai Island (Lat: 9.23) (Long: 79.22) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Thondi INDIA (Record: 06/2005-05/2006)
• Gujarat, Saurashtra INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Pamban (Lat: 9.29) (Long: 79.21) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Shingle Island (Lat: 9.23) (Long: 79.23) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Krusadai Island (Lat: 9.23) (Long: 79.22) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Thondi INDIA (Record: 06/2005-05/2006)
• Gujarat, Saurashtra INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Pamban (Lat: 9.29) (Long: 79.21) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Serebiah, JS; Stella, C and Kadhar, AA (2008) Assessment of benthos in the subtidal area of Thondi (Palk Bay), southeast Tamilnadu- GIS based explication Proceedings of the national symposium on marine and coastal ecosystems 27-29, August 2007 Seaweed Research and Utilisation Seaweed Research and Utilisation Association, Marine Fisheries- 623 520, Tamilnadu, India 30 279-296 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Dholakia, AD (2004) Marine resources Fisheries and aquatic resources of India Daya publishing house 271-303 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Satyamurti, ST (1952) The Mollusca of Krusadai island in the Gulf of Mannar I- Amphineura and Gastropoda Bulletin of the Madras Government 1(2) 265 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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