Morula uva

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Morula uva
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Morula uva
Scientific classification
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Muricoidea
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M. uva
Binomial name
Morula uva
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

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Distribution[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b Morula uva (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
  • 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.

External links[]

  • Illustration of Ricinula shells plate 395, legend p. 169. "Ricinula nodus. R. Morus Lamk. VII. 232. Vulgairment aussi la Mûre." is figure 6. M. Bruguiere (1791) Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.; Paris.


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