CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Muricidae: Ergalataxinae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 200177 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Morula spinosa (H. & A. Adams, 1853)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 200 Muricidae: Ergalataxinae (gastropods) - show full list
Common Name:	[a whelk]
Organism Type:	a whelk
Synonyms:	Morula (Spinidrupa) spinosa Morula (Habromorula) spinosa
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 200948 Morula spp.

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [2] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e402a993-c765-4035-94c2-ff330bf0da94 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208555 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2018-10-01 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	Claremont, M., Houart, R., Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G., 2012. A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae)., Journal of Molluscan Studies: 1-11. . doi:10.1093/mollus/eys028 doi:10.1093/mollus/eys028

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