Morum roseum

Morum roseum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[2]

Morum roseum
Shell of Morum roseum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Harpidae
Genus:
Morum
Species:
M. roseum
Binomial name
Morum roseum
Bouchet, 2002[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands.

References
  1. Bouchet. 2002. Journal of Conchology 37 (5): 533–549. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. Morum roseum Bouchet, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. 2002. Protoconchs, dispersal, and tectonic plates biogeography: new pacific species of Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae). Journal of Conchology 37(5): 533-549


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