Muricopsis rutila (Reeve 1846)

Muricopsis rutila, common name : the beaded drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

• Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : this subspecies is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe^[2]
• Muricopsis rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846): this species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Ghana: represented as Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

References

• Rolàn, E. & Fernandes, F., 1991. Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) de les islas de Sao Tomé y Principe (Golfo de Guinea, Africa occidental). Apex 6(1): 11-20