Morula chrysostoma

Morula chrysostoma
Shell of Morula chrysostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Morula
Species:
M. chrysostoma
Binomial name
Morula chrysostoma
(Deshayes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Morula (Morula) chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Morulina chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Purpura chrysostoma Deshayes, 1844 (basionym)
  • Ricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)

Morula chrysostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] The shell size varies between 15 mm and 20 mm. This species is distributed in the Red Sea, along Aden and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ a b Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2020.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
  • Deshayes G.P., 1844. - G. Pourpre. Lamarck. P. chrysostoma. Deshayes. Magasin de Zoologie 6, sér. ser. 2
  • "Drupa (Drupa) chrysostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 November 2010.


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