WoRMS taxon details
Morula (Morula) granulata (Duclos, 1832)
AphiaID: 208557
AphiaID: 208557
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ergalataxinae (Subfamily) > Morula (Genus) > Morula (Morula) (Subgenus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tenguella granulata (Duclos, 1832) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Morula (Morula) Schumacher, 1817 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Coast of South Africa [details] Kenya [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mozambique [details] Natal [details] Red Sea [details] Tanzania [details] Transkei [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Habitat: rocky shores A compact, heavy shell, up to 2 cm, covered in large, rounded, brown-black nodules on white background; body whorl with six rows of nodules; outer lip toothed. Aperture dark; columella and outer lip white. Habitat: on or under rocks in the eulittoral zone. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208557 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Morula (Morula) granulata (Duclos, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208557 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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