WoRMS taxon details
Drupella Thiele, 1925
205771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205771)
accepted
Genus
Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) (type by subsequent designation)
Purpura (Drupella) Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Drupella alba Thach, 2025
- Species Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)
- Species Drupella eburnea (Küster, 1862)
- Species Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
- Species Drupella minuta Fujioka, 1984
- Species Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778)
- Species Drupella concatenata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drupella dealbata (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drupella elata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drupella fraga (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (spelling variation)
- Species Drupella mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798)
- Species Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Purpura (Drupella) Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
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Note Type species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832...
Type species Type species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 designated in Opinion 1154, 1980. Bull. Zool. Nom. 37(2): 85-88. Drupella Thiele, 1925 is placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, Nr. 2104. Drupa cornus Röding, 1798 is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, Nr. 2708. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Drupella Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205771 on 2026-02-12
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura (Drupella) Thiele, 1925) Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34]., available online at https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/3NJJP6TFO3ZWXZDRTI2CZV66VP76UDWR
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[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Claremont, M., Reid, D. G. & Williams, S. T. (2011). Evolution of corallivory in the gastropod genus Drupella. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 30(4), 977-990., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0788-5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species Type species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 designated in Opinion 1154, 1980. Bull. Zool. Nom. 37(2): 85-88. Drupella Thiele, 1925 is placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, Nr. 2104. Drupa cornus Röding, 1798 is placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, Nr. 2708. [details]Unreviewed
Remark Genus placed in Muricidae by Drivas & Jay, 1988 <112> and Richmond, 1997 <282> [details]
