Morula japonica

Morula japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Morula
Species:	M. japonica
Binomial name
Morula japonica (Sowerby, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
Drupa andrewsi(E. A. Smith, 1909) Morula (Habromorula) japonica(G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)· accepted, alternate representation Pentadactylus japonicusSowerby, 1903 Sistrum (Ricinula) morus var. borealisPilsbry, 1904 Sistrum andrewsiSmith, 1909

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

1. Morula japonica (Sowerby, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Smith, E. A. (1909). List of Mollusca from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 369–372.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B., III. (1903). Descriptions of fourteen new species of marine molluscs from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7. 12: 496-501