WoRMS name details
Morulina Dall, 1923
817320 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817320)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Genus
Ricinula mutica Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Azumamorula sheldonii (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)
- Species Morulina ceylonica Dall, 1923 accepted as Arakawania ceylonica (Dall, 1923) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Morulina chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) accepted as Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) accepted as Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Dall, W. H. (1923). Notes on <i>Drupa</i> and <i>Morula</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 75: 303-306., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4063885.pdf [details]
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Morulina Boerner, 1906 [Arthropoda]; Azumamorula is the replacement name.
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Morulina Boerner, 1906 [Arthropoda]; Azumamorula is the replacement name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Morulina Dall, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817320 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1923). Notes on <i>Drupa</i> and <i>Morula</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 75: 303-306., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4063885.pdf [details]
basis of record Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
basis of record Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Emerson, W. K. (1968). <i>Azumamorula</i>, new name for <i>Morulina</i> Dall, 1923, not Boerner, 1906 (Gastropoda: Muricacea). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(4): 125-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528150 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark junior homonym of Morulina Boerner, 1906 [Arthropoda]; Azumamorula is the replacement name. [details]
