WoRMS name details
Morula (Habromorula) dichrous (Tapparone Canefri, 1881)
408241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408241)
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Species
Morula (Habromorula) Houart, 1995 represented as Morula Schumacher, 1817
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex dichrous Tapparone Canefri, 1881) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. <em>Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 15: 7-99, pls 2-3. [Offprint published 1881; in journal published 1 August 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47414158
page(s): 21, pl. 2 figs 5-6 [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 2 figs 5-6 [details]
Distribution A scarce species living probably in the whole tropical Indian Ocean but only known there from a few scattered localities...
Distribution A scarce species living probably in the whole tropical Indian Ocean but only known there from a few scattered localities such as Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.
The species is also known from Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam, Papua New Guinea, North Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, living at 8–15 m. [details]
The species is also known from Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam, Papua New Guinea, North Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, living at 8–15 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Morula (Habromorula) dichrous (Tapparone Canefri, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408241 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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(of Murex dichrous Tapparone Canefri, 1881) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. <em>Société Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 15: 7-99, pls 2-3. [Offprint published 1881; in journal published 1 August 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47414158
page(s): 21, pl. 2 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2021). The Muricidae (Gastropoda) described from Mauritius by Tapparone Canefri in 1881. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(4): 133-136.
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 2 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2021). The Muricidae (Gastropoda) described from Mauritius by Tapparone Canefri in 1881. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(4): 133-136.
page(s): 134 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution A scarce species living probably in the whole tropical Indian Ocean but only known there from a few scattered localities such as Mozambique, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.The species is also known from Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam, Papua New Guinea, North Queensland, the Coral Sea, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, living at 8–15 m. [details]
