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Morum oniscus

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Morum oniscus
Morum oniscus shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Morum
Species:
M. oniscus
Binomial name
Morum oniscus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea conoidea Scopoli, 1786
  • Oniscia quadriseriata Menke, 1830
  • Oniscia triseriata Menke, 1830 (unnecessary substitute name for Strombus oniscus)
  • Strombus oniscus Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)

Morum oniscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs from Bermuda to southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County) and the Florida Keys; throughout the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean Sea Basin; south to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados (rare at Barbados). The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

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Shell size 15-32 mm.

References

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  1. ^ Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Dance, S.P. & G.T. Poppe, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2020). A review of the genus Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae) in the Western Atlantic, with the description of two new species from Brazil. The Festivus. 52(1): 60–69.
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