OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Morula (Morula) anaxeres (Kiener, 1836)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura anaxeres Kiener, 1836
   Morula anaxeres (Kiener, 1836)

Common Name

The Diminutive Purpura p.sp. 61      Reeve, L.A. 1846.  

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Kimberley, WA to north Qld {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.150, no. 7 

Keywords

feeds on: animals [ gastropods ]
substrate: rocks 

References

 Middelfart, P. 1997. p.375, pl. 5, fig. 5 Checklist
 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.66-77, figs. 11-15 [ synonomy, description, habitat and distribution ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.44 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.44 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Morula Schumacher, 1817
                              Morula (Morula) Schumacher, 1817
                                Morula (Morula) anaxeres (Kiener, 1836)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11238) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-05.