Biology:Morum oniscus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Morum oniscus
Morum oniscus (Atlantic morum snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16004841769).jpg
Morum oniscus shell
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Morum
Species:
M. oniscus
Binomial name
Morum oniscus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea conoidea Scopoli, 1786
  • Oniscia quadriseriata Menke, 1830
  • Oniscia triseriata Menke, 1830 (unnecessary substitute name for Strombus oniscus)
  • Strombus oniscus Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)

Morum oniscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]

Distribution

From Bermuda to southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County) and the Florida Keys,
throughout the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean Sea Basin,
south to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados(rare at Barbados).
The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Dance, S.P. & G.T. Poppe, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2020). A review of the genus Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae) in the Western Atlantic, with the description of two new species from Brazil. The Festivus. 52(1): 60–69.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3138342 entry