Morula uva

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

Morula uva
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
Species:
M. uva
Binomial name
Morula uva
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa uva Röding, 1798
  • Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817
  • Morula (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)


Distribution

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

References
  1. Morula uva (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
  • 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.
  • Illustration of Ricinula shells plate 395, legend p. 169. "Ricinula nodus. R. Morus Lamk. VII. 232. Vulgairment aussi la Mûre." is figure 6. M. Bruguiere (1791) Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.; Paris.


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