Morula nodulosa

Morula (Morula) nodulosa
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. nodulosa
Binomial name
*Morula (Morula) nodulosa* (C.B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms^[1]
Purpura nodulosa C.B. Adams, 1845 (basionym) Ricinula ferruginosa Reeve, 1846 Trachypollia nodulosa (C.B. Adams, 1845)

Morula (Morula) nodulosa, common name : the blackberry drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola and Gabon.

^ ^a ^b Morula (Morula) nodulosa (C.B. Adams, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224929 on 12 May 2011.

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Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas