Morula spinosa

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Morula (Habromorula) spinosa, the spinose rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Morula spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Morula
Subgenus: Habromorula
Species:
M. spinosa
Binomial name
Morula spinosa
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia spinosa (H & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Drupa spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Habromorula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Muricidea iostomus Adams, A., 1853
  • Morula ambusta Dall, 1924
  • Pentadactylus spinosus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Ricinula chrysostoma Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Sistrum spinosum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
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Description

The shell size varies between 14 and 40 mm (0.55 and 1.57 in).

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; and along Japan.

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