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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morum oniscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]
Morum oniscus | |
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Morum oniscus shell | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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.
Shell size 15-32 mm.
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