World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

WRiMS taxon details

Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)

AphiaID

576817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576817)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Drupella Thiele, 1925

Original name

Murex margariticola Broderip, 1833

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 177. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576817 on 2026-04-12

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576817 on 2026-04-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-07-12 11:47:13Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-10-27 18:50:35Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2026-04-11 08:04:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 177. [details]

basis of record Claremont, M., Reid, D. G. & Williams, S. T. (2011). Evolution of corallivory in the gastropod genus Drupella. Coral Reefs. 30(4), 977-990., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0788-5 [details]

additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 92 [details] Available for editors

additional source Salvat B., Merle D., Letourneux J., Tröndlé J., Montaggioni L. F., Pons-Branchu E., Dumoulin J.-P. & Bacchet P. (2026). Evolutionary history of reef-dwelling and associated lagoonal mollusc assemblages of the uplifted Niau Atoll (Tuamotu, French Polynesia) since the Pliocene. Geodiversitas. 48(6): 87-125.
page(s): 105, figs 12E-G [details] Available for editors