Morula uva

Morula uva
	Morula uva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Morula
Species:	M. uva
Binomial name
	Morula uva; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Drupa uva Röding, 1798; Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817; Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798); Murex morum Fischer, 1807; Purpura sphaeridia Duclos, 1832; Ricinula alba Mörch, 1852; Ricinula morus Lamarck, 1822; Sistrum (Ricinula) morus (Lamarck, 1822);

Morula uva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 87
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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.

Illustration of Ricinula shells plate 395, legend p. 169. "Ricinula nodus. R. Morus Lamk. VII. 232. Vulgairment aussi la Mûre." is figure 6. M. Bruguiere (1791) Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Contenant l'helminthologie, ou les vers infusoires, les vers intestins, les vers mollusques, &c.; Paris.

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