Morula spinosa

Morula (Habromorula) spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Morula
Subgenus: Habromorula
Species: M. spinosa
Binomial name
Morula (Habromorula) spinosa
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia spinosa (H & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Drupa spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Habromorula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Muricidea iostomus Adams, A., 1853
  • Morula ambusta Dall, 1924
  • Pentadactylus spinosus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Ricinula chrysostoma Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Sistrum spinosum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Morula (Habromorula) spinosa, common name : the spinose rock shell, 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 14 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; and along Japan.

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