The Genus Morum Worldwide

    The marine gastropod genus Morum Röding, 1798 (Volutoidea; Harpidae) is circumtropical in distribution. The over two dozen living species are found on or near hard substrates from the intertidal zone to several hundred meters of water, most preferring depths of over 50 m.  The most speciose and geologically oldest of three subgenera, Oniscidia, and the monotypic genus Herculea are presently limited to the Indo-Pacific province, while Morum sensu stricto, with four species, has always been New World in distribution. Morum seems to have arisen in the Oligocene, and an analysis of its radula, soft anatomy, and habits has pointed toward an affinity with the genus Harpa, with which it probably shared an Eocene ancestor.

    From a collector's perspective, Morum is an appealing and challenging group.  The shells are attractive, medium to large in size (10 to 75 mm.), and a few are almost unthinkably rare.  All Recent species are illustrated in this group of web pages.

View Images Of All 28 Species [of Recent species/forms]

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Morum amabile Shikama, 1973
Morum bruuni (Powell, 1979)
Morum cancellatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Morum chipolanum Maury, 1925 - Florida  Fossil
Morum clatratum Bouchet, 2002
Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842)
Morum exquisitum (A. Adams and Reeve, 1848)
Morum fatimae Poppe and Brulet in Dance and Poppe, 1999
Morum grande (A. Adams, 1855)
Morum cf. grande (A. Adams, 1855)
Morum janae D. Monsecour and Lorenz, 2011
Morum joelgreenei Emerson, 1981
Morum kurzi Petuch, 1979
Morum lindae Petuch, 1987
Morum lorenzi D. Monsecour, 2011
Morum macandrewi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Morum macdonaldi Emerson, 1981
Morum matthewsi Emerson, 1967
Morum ninomiyai Emerson, 1986
Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767)
   

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Morum ponderosum (Hanley, 1858)
Morum praeclarum Melvill, 1919
Morum purpureum Röding, 1798
Morum roseum Bouchet, 2002
Morum strombiforme (Reeve, 1842)
Morum teramachii Kuroda and Habe in Habe, 1961
Morum tuberculosum (Reeve, 1842)
Morum uchiyamai Kuroda and Habe in Habe, 1961
Morum veleroae Emerson, 1968
Morum vicdani Emerson, 1995
Morum watanabei Kosuge, 1981

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