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Morula (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Morula

Higher classification
  
Muricidae

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Ergalataxinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

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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

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