Morula echinata
Species of gastropod
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Morula echinata, common name the prickled-armed ricinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Morula echinata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Morula |
| Species: | M. echinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Morula echinata (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; also off Taiwan and Australia (Queensland).
