Morum oniscus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Morum oniscus (Atlantic morum snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16004841769).jpg
| image_caption = Morum oniscus shell
| taxon = Morum oniscus
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1767)
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| synonyms =
- Cypraea conoidea Scopoli, 1786
- Oniscia quadriseriata Menke, 1830
- Oniscia triseriata Menke, 1830 (unnecessary substitute name for Strombus oniscus)
- Strombus oniscus Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)
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Morum oniscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.{{WRMS species|403731|Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767)||25 April 2010}}
Distribution
This species occurs from Bermuda to southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County) and the Florida Keys;
throughout the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean Sea Basin; south to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados (rare at Barbados).
The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
Shell size 15-32 mm.
References
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- Dance, S.P. & G.T. Poppe, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
- Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2020). A review of the genus Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae) in the Western Atlantic, with the description of two new species from Brazil. The Festivus. 52(1): 60–69.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1–532 [1766] pp. 533–1327]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/72994#/summary Scopoli I.A. (1786). Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae Pars 1 and 2. [iv] + 115 pp., frontispiece, 25 pls. Monasterii S. Salvatoris: Ticini]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081421/http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1767
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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