Morula biconica

Biconic rock shell
Five views of a shell of Morula biconica
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. biconica
Binomial name
Morula (Habromorula) biconica (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms
Drupa biconica (Blainville, 1832) Engina slootsi De Jong & Coomans, 1988 Morula (Habromorula) biconica (Blainville, 1832)· accepted, alternate representation Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832 Ricinula biconica (Blainville, 1832)

Morula biconica, common name : the biconic rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp

External links

• "Habromorula biconica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
• Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 1: 189-263, pls 9-12.
• De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp