Morula uva

Morula (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
Subgenus:	Morula
Species:	M. (Morula) uva
Binomial name
	Morula (Morula) uva; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Drupa uva Röding, 1798; Morula papillosa Schumacher, 1817; 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]

Description

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.

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