OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Morula (Morula) purpureocincta (Preston, 1909)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Engina purpureocincta Preston, 1909

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; north Queensland to north NSW (Wilson, 1994)

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. p.309, pl. 49, fig. 20, text fig. 17 Contains synonymy
 Houart, R. 2002. p.106 General reference
 Maes, V.O. 1967. p.131 General reference
 Middelfart, P. 1997. p.375-376, pl. 5, fig. 6 Checklist
 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) purpureocincta (Preston, 1909)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11254) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-09.