''Morula japonica'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Japan.
References
* Smith, E. A. (1909). List of Mollusca from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 369–372.
Externazl 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
japonica
Gastropods described in 1903
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