Species Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Drupa uva Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [56, no. 703].
• Ricinula aspera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 395, figs 4a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1107/17/1.
• Ricinula nodus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [2, pl. 395, figs 6a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1101/18/2.
• Morum papillosa Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [227].
• Ricinula morus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [232].
• Purpura sphaeridia Duclos, M. 1832. Description de quelques espèces de Pourpres, servant de type a six sections establies dans ce Genre. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 26: 103-113 [111].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, California.
• Ricinula alba Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp. [87].

 

Generic Combinations

• Morula (Morula) uva (Röding, 1798). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [44, pl. 5, fig. 5]
• Morula uva (Röding, 1798). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972. Marine Shells of the Pacific. Sydney : Pacific Publications Vol. 2 411 pp., 68 pls. [127, pl. 36, fig. 3]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocky shore, subtidal.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Muricidae coverage. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Muricidae/Pages/Muricidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 24/10/11)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. The Muricidae of Fiji. Part 2. Subfamily Thaidinae. Veliger 11(4): 293-315 [310, pl. 49, figs 23-23a, text fig. 18]

Houart, R. 2002. Comments on a group of small Morula s.s. species (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Rapaninae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of two new species. Novapex 3(4): 97-118 [98]

Iredale, T. 1937. Mollusca. pp. 232-261, pls 15-17 in Whitley, G.P. The Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [Date published 12 March] [257]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [249, fig. 87F]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [374-375, pl. 5, fig. 4]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [44, pl. 5, fig. 5]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [92, pl. 61, figs 7-7a]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [147] (Northern Mulberry Whelk)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [151] (Cluster Purple)

Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Ricinula. pls 1-6 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [s 10] (as Ricinula morus) (The Mulberry Ricinula, The Rough Ricinula)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [138, pl. 139] (Grape Drupe)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	01-Nov-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		12-Oct-2011	ADDED
		11-Oct-2011	MODIFIED