OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Morula (Morula) granulata (Duclos, 1832)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpura granulata Duclos, 1832
Purpura tuberculata Blainville, 1832
Morula granulata (Duclos, 1832)
Sistrum chrysalis Sowerby, 1908
Common Name
Granulated Drupe p.136, pl.137 Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; Rottnest Island, WA to Qld {Wilson1993B}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.27
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.146
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
depth: intertidal [
]
feeds on: gastropods
habitat: rocky shore [ associated with rock oysters {Wilson1993B}
]
References
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.374, pl. 5, fig. 3 Checklist
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.132-146, figs. 21g-j, 22a-b, 37e-h, 42-44 [ 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) granulata (Duclos, 1832)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11244) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.