Morula lepida

Morula lepida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Morula lepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Morula
Subgenus:
Habromorula
Species:
M. lepida
Binomial name
Morula lepida
(Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Habromorula lepida Houart, 1995[2]
  • Morula (Habromorula) lepida (Houart, 1995)

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Morula lepida (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Houart, Roland (1995) ["1994"]. "Some notes on the genus Spinidrupa Habe and Kosuge, 1966 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae), with the description of Habromorula gen. nov. (Muricidae: Rapaninae) and four new species from the Indo-West Pacific". Iberus. 12 (2): 26.


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