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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae

Morula (Morula) musiva (Kiener, 1835)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Purpura musiva Kiener, 1835

Common Name

The Mosaic Purpura p.sp. 52 Reeve, L.A. 1846.

Distribution

Keywords

feeds on: animals [ sessile animals- mussel Septifer virgatus as its preferred prey ]
habitat: rocky shore
References
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.376, pl. 5, fig. 7 Checklist
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.170-180, figs. 53-57 [ Synonomy, description, habitat and distribution ] General reference
Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. p.96 Biology and ecology
Wilson, B. 1994. p.44 General reference
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) musiva (Kiener, 1835)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11252) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-05.