Muricopsis rutila


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.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : this subspecies is endemic to São Tomé and PríncipeMuricopsis rutila rutila : this species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Ghana: represented as ''Muricopsis rutila''

Description

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