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Morula Schumacher, 1817 
AphiaID: 204124

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Drupa uva Röding, 1798
Parent Ergalataxinae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
Synonymised
taxa
  Drupa (Morula) Schumacher, 1817
Pentadactylus (Morula) Schumacher, 1817
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subgenus Morula (Azumamorula) Emerson, 1968
  » Species Morula (Azumamorula) mutica (Lamarck, 1816)
Subgenus Morula (Habromorula) Houart, 1995
  » Species Morula (Habromorula) aglaos (Houart, 1995)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) ambrosia (Houart, 1995)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) bicatenata (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) biconica (Blainville, 1832)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) dichrous (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) euryspira Houart, 1995
» Species Morula (Habromorula) fuscoimbricata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1915)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) japonica (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) lepida (Houart, 1995)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) striata (Pease, 1868)
» Species Morula (Habromorula) whiteheadae Houart, 2004
» Species Morula (Habromorula) coronata (H. Adams, 1869) represented as Morula coronata (H. Adams, 1869) (alternate representation)
Subgenus Morula (Morula) Schumacher, 1817
  » Species Morula (Morula) albanigra Houart, 2002
» Species Morula (Morula) anaxares (Kiener, 1836)
» Species Morula (Morula) angulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
» Species Morula (Morula) cernohorskyi Houart & Tröndle, 1997
» Species Morula (Morula) consanguinea (Smith, 1890)
» Species Morula (Morula) echinata (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Morula (Morula) nodicostata (Pease, 1868)
» Species Morula (Morula) nodulosa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
» Species Morula (Morula) oparense (Melvill, 1912)
» Species Morula (Morula) parva (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Morula (Morula) peasei Houart, 2002
» Species Morula (Morula) praecipua Rehder, 1980
» Species Morula (Morula) rodgersi Houart, 2000
» Species Morula (Morula) rumphiusi Houart, 1996
» Species Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798)
» Species Morula (Morula) variabilis (Pease, 1868)
» Species Morula (Morula) zebrina Houart, 2004
» Species Morula (Morula) aspera (Lamarck, 1816) represented as Morula aspera (Lamarck, 1816) (alternate representation)
» Species Morula (Morula) funiculata (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Oppomorus funiculatus (Reeve, 1846)
» Species Morula (Morula) granulata (Duclos, 1832) accepted as Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832)
» Species Morula (Morula) marginalba (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Tenguella marginalba (Blainville, 1832)
» Species Morula (Morula) musiva (Kiener, 1835) accepted as Tenguella musiva (Kiener, 1835)
» Species Morula (Morula) purpureocincta (Preston, 1909) accepted as Oppomorus purpureocinctus (Preston, 1909)
Species Morula aspera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Morula coronata (H. Adams, 1869)
Species Morula palmeri Powell, 1967

Species Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1835) represented as Morula (Morula) anaxares (Kiener, 1836) (alternate representation)
Species Morula biconica (Blainville, 1832) represented as Morula (Habromorula) biconica (Blainville, 1832) (alternate representation)
Species Morula cernohorskyi Houart & Tröndle, 1997 represented as Morula (Morula) cernohorskyi Houart & Tröndle, 1997 (alternate representation)
Species Morula granulata (Duclos, 1832) represented as Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832) (alternate representation)
Species Morula praecipua Rehder, 1980 represented as Morula (Morula) praecipua Rehder, 1980 (alternate representation)
Species Morula rodgersi Houart, 2000 represented as Morula (Morula) rodgersi Houart, 2000 (alternate representation)
Species Morula rumphiusi Houart, 1996 represented as Morula (Morula) rumphiusi Houart, 1996 (alternate representation)
Species Morula spinosa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 represented as Morula (Habromorula) spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) (alternate representation)
Species Morula uva (Röding, 1798) represented as Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798) (alternate representation)

Subgenus Morula (Cronia) Adams, 1853 accepted as Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  » Species Morula (Cronia) coronata (H. Adams, 1869) represented as Morula coronata (H. Adams, 1869) (alternate representation)
Subgenus Morula (Morulina) Dall, 1923 accepted as Morula (Azumamorula) Emerson, 1968
  » Species Morula (Morulina) ceylonica Dall, 1923 accepted as Tenguella ceylonica (Dall, 1923)
Subgenus Morula (Oppomorus) Iredale, 1937 accepted as Oppomorus Iredale, 1937
  » Species Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera (Menke, 1829) accepted as Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Species Morula ambusta Dall, 1924 accepted as Morula (Habromorula) spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
Species Morula anaxeres [sic] accepted as Morula (Morula) anaxares (Kiener, 1836)
Species Morula borneensis Dall, 1923 accepted as Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832)
Species Morula brunneolabrum Dall, 1923 accepted as Semiricinula turbinoides (Blainville, 1832)
Species Morula cancellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)
Species Morula chaidea (Duclos, 1832) accepted as Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Species Morula concatenata (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778)
Species Morula elata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798)
Species Morula fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832)
Species Morula margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833) accepted as Drupella margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833)
Species Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
Species Morula martensi Dall, 1923 accepted as Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008
Species Morula nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) accepted as Semiricinula nodosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Species Morula nodulifera (Menke, 1829) accepted as Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Species Morula ocellata (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
Species Morula pacifica Nakayama, 1988 accepted as Orania pacifica (Nakayama, 1988)
Species Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798)
Species Morula parvissima Cernohorsky, 1987 accepted as Morula (Morula) nodicostata (Pease, 1868)
Species Morula rhyssa Dall, 1923 accepted as Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915)
Species Morula rosea (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea (Reeve, 1846)
Species Morula squamilirata (E. A. Smith, 1903) accepted as Orania serotina (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Morula squamosa (Pease, 1868) accepted as Semiricinula squamosa (Pease, 1868)
Species Morula tuberculata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832)
Environment marine
Distribution Mauritius [details]
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Note  Classification: Genus Morula placed in Family Muricidae by some authors (ao Drivas & Jay, 1988 <112>; Richmond, 1997 <282>) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204124
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-03-01 15:31:58Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-05-26 15:52:37Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-30 11:31:32Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2009-06-05 00:35:10Z  changed  Houart, Roland
2009-07-02 16:31:59Z  changed  Houart, Roland
2009-07-06 20:11:39Z  changed  Houart, Roland
  
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  Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Morula Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204124 on 2013-06-19
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