OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Morula (Morula) echinata (Reeve, 1846)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ricinula echinata Reeve, 1846
   Engina nodulifera Pease, 1860

Common Name

The Prickled-Armed Ricinula p.sp. 54      Reeve, L.A. 1846.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. p.309, pl. 49, fig. 21 [ as Morula parva (corrected in 1978) ]  Synonomy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.69 General reference
 Houart, R. 2002. p.102 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) echinata (Reeve, 1846)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11241) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-07.