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Morum purpureum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Harpidae
Genus:	Morum
Species:	M. purpureum
Binomial name
Morum purpureum Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Morum lamarcki (Deshayes, 1844) (misspelling) Morum lamarckii (Deshayes, 1844)

Morum purpureum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Belize.

References

1. Morum purpureum Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 February 2012.

• Dance, S.P. & G.T. Poppe, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
• Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp

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