Oppomorus noduliferus

Oppomorus noduliferus, common name the nodule castror bean, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Nodule castror bean
Three shells of Oppomorus noduliferus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Oppomorus
Species:
O. noduliferus
Binomial name
Oppomorus noduliferus
(Menke, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum gualterianum Kiener, 1840
  • Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
  • Morula chaidea (Duclos, 1832)
  • Morula nodulifera'' (Menke, 1829)
  • Purpura chaidea Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Purpura nodulifera Menke, 1829 (original combination)
  • Thais chaidea (Duclos, 1832)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The ovate, conical shell is of an ash-gray color. The pointed spire is composed of six or seven whorls, the lowest of which composes alone nearly half of the shell. The body whorl is swollen, and slightly compressed above. The other whorls are somewhat convex, except; the last but one. Their surface is ornamented with eleven or twelve distant, prominent, rounded, longitudinal folds, intersected transversely by fine compact striae. The violet gray aperture is ovate and slightly oblique. The outer lip is furnished interiorly with numerous striae which are continued even to the depth of the cavity. The columella is smooth and whitish, with a pretty prominent fold at the base.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand,; New Caledonia and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716641 on 2016-05-12
  2. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum gualterianum)
  • Menke, K.T. 1829. Verzeichniss der ansehnlischen Conchylien-Sammlung der Freiherrn von der Malsburg. Pyrmonti : Publisher not known pp. i–vi, 1–123.
  • Duclos, M. 1832. Description de quelques espèces de Pourpres, servant de type a six sections establies dans ce Genre. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 26: 103–113
  • Iredale, T. 1937. Mollusca. pp. 232–261, pls 15–17 in Whitley, G.P. The Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232–261
  • Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Claremont, M.; Houart, R.; Williams, S. T.; Reid, D. G. (2012). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79(1): 19–29
  • "Oppomorus noduliferus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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