WoRMS name details
Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
596436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596436)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus arachnoidea [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Drupa ricina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (spelling variation)
Drupa rubuscaesius Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Drupa tribulus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ricinula arachnoides Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ricinula hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Ricinula ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Ricinula ricinus arachnoides Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Sistrum album Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Drupa ricinus hadari W. K. Emerson & Cernohorsky, 1973 accepted as Drupa ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) accepted as Sistrum lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904)
- Subspecies Drupa ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) accepted as Sistrum lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Drupa ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sistrum ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Drupa ricinus var. albolabris Blainville, 1832 accepted as Sistrum albolabris (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Drupa ricinus var. elegans (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) accepted as Sistrum elegans (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex ricinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596436 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
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(of Murex ricinus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Claremont, M., Reid, D. G. & Williams, S. T. (2012). Speciation and dietary specialization in Drupa, a genus of predatory marine snails (Gastropoda. <em>Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41, 137-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00512.x [details]
page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Claremont, M., Reid, D. G. & Williams, S. T. (2012). Speciation and dietary specialization in Drupa, a genus of predatory marine snails (Gastropoda. <em>Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta.</em> 41, 137-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00512.x [details]
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additional source
Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hedley, C. (1913). On the nomenclature of <i>Drupa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(7): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752598
page(s): 80 [details]
[request]additional source Hedley, C. (1913). On the nomenclature of <i>Drupa</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(7): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752598
page(s): 80 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | whitetoothed drupewhite-lipped castor beanspotted drupespider-like castor beanprickly Pacific drupeprickly drupecastor-bean shell [from synonym]castor bean shellcastor bean drupe | [details] |
| German | Großstachlige Pazifische Igelschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ricinula hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus WHITE DORSUM)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus YOUNG)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Drupa ricinus)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drupa ricina (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ricinula hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus WHITE DORSUM)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus YOUNG)
To Conchology (Drupa ricinus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Drupa ricinus)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drupa ricina (Linnaeus, 1758))
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