OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Morula (Morula) fusca (Küster, 1862)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ricinula fusca Küster, 1862
Sistrum indigoferum Melvill, 1901
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
Keywords
depth: high intertidal
feeds on: gastropods [ exclusively on prosobranchs {Siang1995}
]
habitat: rocky shore
References
Tan, K.S. 1995. p.120-131, figs. 4, 36, 37a-d [ figs. 38, 39, 40a-b, 41
] General reference
Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. p.98 Biology and ecology
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) fusca (Küster, 1862)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49192) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-14. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-14.