Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Morula anaxares | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ergalataxinae Rank Species | |
Similar Morula, Morula striata, Muricodrupa, Morula biconica, Purpura bufo | ||
Morula (Morula) anaxares is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 26 mm
Distribution
This species is found at rocky shores in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
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