Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

The shouldered castor bean, Drupella margariticola, is a species of murex marine gastropod sea snail.

Family
Genus
Drupella
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

Drupella margariticola, originally described by Broderip in 1833, has the common name the shouldered castor bean. It is a species of sea snail, a type of marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to the family Muricidae, the family of murex snails also called rock snails.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae › Drupella

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