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Morula fusca

Description

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Family Muricidae

Either with axial ribs and spiral ridges equally well developed and prominent , or axial ribs represented by thin lamellae and spiral ridges faint.

Genus Morula

One of the earliest embryonic stages of development of an egg in animals, in which blastomeres form a mulberry-like solid ball of cells . A stage of development prior to the blastula stage.

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,988 meters (0 to -13,084 feet).Mean = -287.120 meters (-941.995 feet), Standard Deviation = 981.430 based on 17 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Caenogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Neogastropoda () - Thiele, 1929
        Superfamily: Muricoidea () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Muricidae () - Da Costa, 1776 - Drills
        Subfamily: Thaidinae ()
        Genus: Morula () - Schumacher, 1817
        Specific name: fusca
        Scientific name: - Morula fusca

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Morula

There are approximately 63 species in this genus:

M. albanigra · M. anaxares · M. anaxeres · M. angulata · M. asfeva · M. aurantiaca · M. bicatenata · M. biconica · M. cacellata · M. cancellata · M. ceylonica · M. chaidea · M. chrysostoma · M. clathrata · M. concatenata · M. cornus · M. didyma · M. dumosa · M. echinata · M. elata · M. euracantha · M. ferruginosa · M. fiscella · M. fiscellum fusco-niger · M. foliacea · M. funicula · M. funiculata · M. funiculus · M. fusca · M. fuscoimbricata · M. fusconigra · M. granulata · M. granulatum · M. lugubris · M. margariticola · M. marginalba · M. marginata · M. marginatra · M. martensi · M. modus (Kagoshima Velvetfish) · M. morula · M. morus · M. musiva · M. mutica · M. necocheana · M. nodicostata · M. nodosa · M. nodulifera · M. nodulosa · M. parva · M. parvissima · M. porphyrostoma · M. purpureocincta · M. rumphiusi · M. spinosa · M. squamosa · M. striata · M. subturrita · M. triangulata · M. triangulatum · M. tuberculata · M. tuberculatus · M. uva

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Notes

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 23, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 23, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
OZCAM
Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1920288
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14922885
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2041638

Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-09-24