Drupa ricinus

Drupa (Drupa) ricinus, common name : prickly spotted drupe,  is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Subspecies

 * Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904) (synonyms: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus lischkei (Hidalgo, 1904); Drupa hadari Emerson & Cernohorsky, 1973; Ricinula lischkei Hidalgo, 1904 (basionym) )
 * Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Drupa (Drupa) ricinus ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) )
 * Drupa ricinus albolabris (Blainville, 1832)
 * Drupa ricinus arachnoidea (Lamarck, 1810)

Description
The shell size varies between 19 mm and 32 mm

Distribution
This species is distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and along the Galápagos Islands.