Muricopsis rosea (Reeve 1846)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin.

References

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.