Morula uva

Morula (Morula) uva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Morula
Subgenus: Morula
Species: M. (Morula) uva
Binomial name
Morula (Morula) uva
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa uva Röding, 1798
  • Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817
  • Morula uva (Röding, 1798)
  • Murex morum Fischer, 1807
  • Purpura sphaeridia Duclos, 1832
  • Ricinula alba Mörch, 1852
  • Ricinula morus Lamarck, 1822
  • Sistrum (Ricinula) morus (Lamarck, 1822)

Morula uva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.

References

  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 87
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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