Morula uva
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| Morula (Morula) uva | |
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| 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. (Morula) uva |
| Binomial name | |
| Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Morula uva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morula uva (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 July 2012.
- 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.
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