Morula biconica

Biconic rock shell
	Five views of a shell of Morula (Habromorula) biconica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Morula
Subgenus:	Habromorula
Species:	M. biconica
Binomial name
	Morula (Habromorula) biconica; (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms
	Drupa biconica (Blainville, 1832); Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832; Ricinula biconica (Blainville, 1832); Habromorula bicatenata Reeve, L.A., 1846; Morula variabilis Pease, W.H., 1868; Engina slootsi De Jong & Coomans, 1988;

Morula (Habromorula) biconica, common name : the biconic rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 30 mm

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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