Morula chrysostoma

Morula chrysostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1] The shell size varies between 15 mm and 20 mm. This species is distributed in the Red Sea, along Aden and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

Morula chrysostoma
Shell of Morula chrysostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Morula
Species:	M. chrysostoma
Binomial name
Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Drupa chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) Morula (Morula) chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) Morulina chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) Purpura chrysostoma Deshayes, 1844 (basionym) Ricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) Semiricinula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844)