''Morum lindae'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Harpidae
The Harpidae, known as the harp snails, are the members of a taxonomic family of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks.
This family is temporarily classified in the superfamily Neogastropoda incertae sedis. MolluscaBase eds. (2 ...
, the harp snails.
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."
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Offshore Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula,
Colombia, South America."
[Petuch, E.J. 1987-''New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas'', page 95. Publ: CERF]
References
lindae
Gastropods described in 1987
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