Harmonious drupe
Drupella rugosa
- Usual depth1–20 m
- Water temperature21–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Drupella rugosa, common name the rugose drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Drupella rugosa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 20 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 18 records
- August: 20 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 39 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 26 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–20 m · Deepest record: 44 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C
Photos
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Harmonious drupe, Rugose drupe, Coral-eating Whelk, harmonious drupe, rugose drupe
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Warzige Igelschnecke
- Japanese
- クチベニレイシダマシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 塔岩螺
Other scientific names: Drupa concatenata, Drupella concatenata, Morula concatenata, Murex concatenatus, Murex rugosa, Purpura alveolata, Purpura subturrita, Ricinula concatenata, Thais alveolata, Thais rugosa
Similar species
Horn drupeDrupella cornus
Shouldered castor beanDrupella margariticola
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 467 open-data records from 1916 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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