Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ergalataxinae Scientific name Morula spinosa Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Morula Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Morula, Morula striata, Muricodrupa fiscella, Muricodrupa, Morula biconica | ||
Morula (Habromorula) spinosa, common name : the spinose rock shell, 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 14 mm and 40 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; and along Japan.
References
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