Morula palmeri
Morula palmeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Morula palmeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
| Genus: | Morula |
| Species: | M. palmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Morula palmeri Powell, 1967 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Pascula palmeri (Powell, 1967) | |
The species was described by Powell in 1967 as Morula palmeri.[2] Houart et al. (2019) proposed the name Pascula palmeri comb. nov., as the species' morphology is similar to Pascula citrica but not to Morula uva, the respective type species of the genera.[3]:32
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[1]
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References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Morula palmeri Powell, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408349 on 2019-01-06
- POWELL, A. W. B. (1967). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species; Part 6". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 6 (3): 185–196. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906123.
- Houart, Roland; Zuccon, Dario; Puillandre, Nicolas (2019-04-09). "Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae)". Cite journal requires
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