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

  1. 1 2 Morula uva (Röding, 1798).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 July 2012.


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