Biology:Morula uva

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
Species:	M. uva
Binomial name
Morula uva (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Drupa uva Röding, 1798 Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817 Morula (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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.

References

• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 87
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q6915075 entry