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Morula uva
Morula uva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
From the article Morula uva on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Morula uva has a shell that can be either colored white or purple with rows of dark tubercles. The mouth has a shade color of light violet with toothlike projections. There are various sizes and lengths of M. uva, some can be 15mm by 9mm, others can be smaller.
Range & habitat
Morula uva can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific, which includes: the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania, Iluka and Woolgoolga, New South Wales, and Hawaii.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
At the table
Uses of Morula uva vary in their design of their shells. Just like other gastropods, their shells are used for ornamental value or shaped into toys and models. Another use is artists using the shells as a canvas and paint their creative ideas onto the shell and sell them to customers.
Wikipedia: “Uses & Cultural Significance”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Morula uva in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209539.