Morula spinosa

Morula (Habromorula) spinosa
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. spinosa
Binomial name
	Morula (Habromorula) spinosa; (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
	Cronia spinosa (H & A. Adams, 1853); Drupa spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853); Habromorula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853); Muricidea iostomus Adams, A., 1853; Morula ambusta Dall, 1924; Pentadactylus spinosus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Ricinula chrysostoma Reeve, L.A., 1846; Sistrum spinosum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853;

Morula (Habromorula) spinosa, common name : the spinose rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 14 and 40 mm (0.55 and 1.57 in).

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; and along Japan.

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50.
Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice