Digitate Pacific drupe
Drupina grossularia
- Usual depth1–15 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Drupina grossularia, the finger 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 “Drupina grossularia”, 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: 23 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 42 records
- June: 97 records
- July: 32 records
- August: 33 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 23 records
- November: 29 records
- December: 32 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–15 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Digitate Pacific drupe, Finger drupe, digitate Pacific drupe, finger drupe
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Orangemündige Pazifische Purpurschnecke
- Japanese
- キイロイガレイシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 金口岩螺
Other scientific names: Drupa (Drupina) grossularia, Drupa digitata, Drupa grossularia, Murex fimbriatus, Purpura laurentiana, Purpura monstruosa, Ricinula digitata
Similar species
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Branched murexChicoreus ramosus
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).
- 513 open-data records from 1913 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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