Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Muricidae

Drupa ricinus

(Linnaeus, 1758)


Specimens

Flat Rock,  Australia
Size: 22.41mm    Collected: 1999
found dead in sand on rocky reef in 15m of water

Orpheus island,  Australia
Size: 28.22mm    Collected: 1961
No data.

Orpheus island,  Australia
Size: 25.37mm    Collected: Unknown
No data.

Nth Scott Reef,  Australia
Size: 21.06mm    Collected: Unknown
On top of coral slabs at low tide.

Tufi,  Papua New Guinea
Size: 27.25mm    Collected: 1984
on a large head of branch coral in 1.5 meteres of water just off a coral atoll about 5-10km from shore

Uepi Is - Billy's point,  Solomon Islands
Size: 17.28mm    Collected: 2000
found dead in sand on coral reef in 15m of water

Uepi Is - Inside Point,  Solomon Islands
Size: 22.55mm    Collected: 2018
attached to coral head on top of reef slope at 5-8m. Common in the area