Morum roseum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[2]

Morum roseum
Shell of Morum roseum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Morum
Species:
M. roseum
Binomial name
Morum roseum
Bouchet, 2002[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands.

References

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  • Bouchet P. 2002. Protoconchs, dispersal, and tectonic plates biogeography: new pacific species of Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae). Journal of Conchology 37(5): 533-549