Morula striata

Morula striata
Morula striata
A shell of Morula (Habromorula) striata
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. striata
Binomial name
Morula striata
(Pease, 1868)

Morula (Habromorula) striata is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

Shell of Morula striata, abapertural view

References

  1. ^ Morula striata (Pease, 1868).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408248 on 24 April 2010.

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