Morula echinata
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| taxon = Morula echinata
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- Engina monilifera Pease, 1860
- Engina nodulifera Pease, W.H. 1860
- Ricinula echinata Reeve, 1846
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Morula echinata, common name the prickled-armed ricinula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|208560|Morula echinata (Reeve, 1846)||24 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 10 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; also off Taiwan and Australia (Queensland).
References
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- Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula. pls 1–6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/464/mode/1up Plate 6] (fig. 54) and [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/466/mode/1up unnumbered page]
- Pease, W.H. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands, Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 141–148
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. The Muricidae of Fiji. Part 2. Subfamily Thaidinae. Veliger 11(4): 293–315
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Houart, R. 2002. Comments on a group of small Morula s.s. species (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of two new species. Novapex 3(4): 97–118
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=7188|title=Morula (Morula) echinata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1846
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