Oppomorus noduliferus

Oppomorus noduliferus
Three shells of Oppomorus noduliferus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Oppomorus
Species: O. noduliferus
Binomial name
Oppomorus noduliferus
(Menke, 1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum gualterianum Kiener, 1840
  • Morula (Oppomorus) nodulifera (Menke, 1829)
  • Morula chaidea (Duclos, 1832)
  • Morula nodulifera'' (Menke, 1829)
  • Purpura chaidea Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Purpura nodulifera Menke, 1829 (original combination)
  • Thais chaidea (Duclos, 1832)

Oppomorus noduliferus, common name the nodule castror bean, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm.

The ovate, conical shell is of an ash-gray color. The pointed spire is composed of six or seven whorls, the lowest of which composes alone nearly half of the shell. The body whorl is swollen, and slightly compressed above. The other whorls are somewhat convex, except; the last but one. Their surface is ornamented with eleven or twelve distant, prominent, rounded, longitudinal folds, intersected transversely by fine compact striae. The violet gray aperture is ovate and slightly oblique. The outer lip is furnished interiorly with numerous striae which are continued even to the depth of the cavity. The columella is smooth and whitish, with a pretty prominent fold at the base.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand,; New Caledonia and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716641 on 2016-05-12
  2. ↑ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum gualterianum)
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