Morum dennisoni

Morum dennisoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Harpidae
Genus:	Morum
Species:	M. dennisoni
Binomial name
	Morum dennisoni; (Reeve, 1842)

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

Description[]

Specimens taken by shrimp trawlers along the continental shelf of Northern South America have rich red parietal plates
whereas examples taken off West coast Barbados usually have orange parietal plates. The species has a small vestigial operculum -and a very thin periostracum.

Distribution[]

Sometimes trapped or dredged alive off West coast BARBADOS, at depths around 100–170 metres.

References[]

^ Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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