Morula (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Muricidae Scientific name Morula Higher classification Muricidae		Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ergalataxinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Similar Morula marginalba, Muricidae, Morula granulata, Gastropods, Molluscs

Morula is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Morula include:

Subgenus Azumamorula

Morula mutica (Lamarck, 1816)

Subgenus Habromorula

Morula aglaos (Houart, 1995)

Morula ambrosia (Houart, 1995)

Morula bicatenata (Reeve, 1846)

Morula biconica (Blainville, 1832)

Morula coronata (H. Adams, 1869)

Morula dichrous (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)

Morula euryspira Houart, 1995

Morula fuscoimbricata (Sowerby, 1915)

Morula japonica (Sowerby, 1903)

Morula lepida (Houart, 1995)

Morula porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1846)

Morula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)

Morula striata (Pease, 1868)

Morula whiteheadae Houart, 2004

Subgenus Morula

Morula albanigra Houart, 2002

Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1835)

Morula angulata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1894)

Morula aspera (Lamarck, 1816)

Morula cernohorskyi Houart & Tröndle, 1997

Morula consanguinea (Smith, 1890)

Morula echinata (Reeve, 1846)

Morula funiculata (Reeve, 1846)

Morula granulata (Duclos, 1832)

Morula marginalba (Blainville, 1832)

Morula musiva (Kiener, 1835)

Morula nodicostata (Pease, 1868)

Morula nodulosa (C.B. Adams, 1845)

Morula oparense (Melvill, 1912)

Morula parva (Reeve, 1846)

Morula peasei Houart, 2002

Morula praecipua Rehder, 1980

Morula purpureocincta (Preston, 1909)

Morula rodgersi Houart, 2000

Morula rumphiusi Houart, 1996

Morula uva (Röding, 1798)

Morula variabilis (Pease, 1868)

Morula zebrina Houart, 2004

Subgenus Oppomorus

Morula nodulifera (Menke, 1829)

Species brought into synonymy

Morula cancellata Quoy & Gaimard: synonym of Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)

Morula concatenata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778)

Morula elata Blainville: synonym of Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)

Morula fenestrata Blainville: synonym of Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)

Morula margariticola (Broderip): synonym of Ergalatax margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)

Morula marginatra Blainville: synonym of Semiricinula marginatra (Blainville, 1832)

Morula ocellata: synonym of Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Morula rosea (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Muricopsis (Risomurex) roseus (Reeve, 1846)

Morula squamiliratum Smith: synonym of Orania serotina (A. Adams, 1853)

Morula spinosa H. Adams & A. Adams: Morula (Habromorula) spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) (alternate representation)

Morula squamosa Pease: synonym of Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)

Morula tuberculata Blainville: synonym of Morula (Morula) granulata (Duclos, 1832)

References

Morula (gastropod) Wikipedia

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