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Morula spinosa Spinose Rock Shell

Morula spinosa is commonly referred to as Spinose Rock Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Morula spinosa,Apo Island, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Filipijnen 2025


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lexID:
18453 
AphiaID:
208555 
Scientific:
Morula spinosa 
German:
Stachelige Felsenschnecke 
English:
Spinose Rock Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Morula (Genus) > spinosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(H. Adams & A. Adams, ), 1853 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, Indian Ocean, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Philippines, Red Sea, Tansania, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands) 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 6 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, On living corals, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.57" (1,4cm - 4,0cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Invertebrates, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Morula aglaos
  • Morula albanigra
    Schwarz-weiße Stachelschnecke
  • Morula ambrosia
  • Morula anaxares
  • Morula angulata
  • Morula aspera
  • Morula bicatenata
  • Morula biconica
  • Morula cernohorskyi
  • Morula consanguinea
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-07-03 13:43:25 

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Morula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)

The spinose rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Synonymised names
Cronia spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drupa spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Habromorula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted
Morula (Habromorula) spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) · alternative representation
Morula ambusta Dall, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pentadactylus (Sistrum) spinosus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sistrum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted

External links

  1. underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 03.07.2026.

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Morula spinosa,Marikaban, Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines 2024
Morula spinosa,Apo Island, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Filipijnen 2025
Morula spinosa,Apo Island, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Filipijnen 2025

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