Morula anaxares

Morula (Morula) anaxares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Morula
Subgenus: Morula
Species: M. anaxares
Binomial name
Morula (Morula) anaxares
(Kiener, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa anaxares (Kiener, 1835)
  • Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1835)
  • Morula anaxeres [sic] (misspelling)
  • Purpura anaxares Kiener, 1835 (basionym)
  • Ricinula anaxares (Kiener, 1835)
  • Sistrum anaxares (Kiener, 1835)

Morula (Morula) anaxares is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 26 mm

Distribution

This species is found at rocky shores in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

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