Morum lindae

Morum lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]

Morum lindae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Morum
Species:
M. lindae
Binomial name
Morum lindae
Petuch, 1987

Description

Original description: "Shell stocky, rotund, inflated, lightweight; spire low, but early whorls exserted; shoulder angle sharp; 16 serrated, bladelike axial ribs on body whorl; axial ribs intersected by 7 large spiral cords, with large, pointed serration at each intersection, giving shell squamose appearance; serrations along shoulder cord largest, producing coronated effect; outer lip thickened; inner edge of lip with 16 large denticles and smaller secondary denticles in between; parietal shield well-developed, wide, covered with numerous small pustules; shell base color pinkish-white with scattered patches of bright pink; pinkish-white base color overlaid with 2 wide, reddish-brown spiral bands; spire with intermittent large reddish-brown patches; parietal shield salmon-pink with lavender border and white pustules; side of lip white, with numerous bands of tiny brown dots; edge of lip salmon-pink with 13 lavender-purple radiating bars; denticles of lip salmon-pink; interior of aperture white; protoconch and early whorls white."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Offshore Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula,
Colombia, South America."[3]

References
  1. Morum lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 95. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 95. Publ: CERF


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