Taxon profile
species
Morum macandrewi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Harpidae - Harp Shells » genus Morum
ID: 575927
pID: 445048
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-10-29 11:08:40 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-08 09:18:47
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id575927/
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[[t:575927;<em>Morum macandrewi</em>]] G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id575927/"><em>Morum macandrewi</em></a>
pID: 445048
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-10-29 11:08:40 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-08 09:18:47
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id575927/
Text function: [[t:575927;<em>Morum macandrewi</em>]]
[[t:575927;<em>Morum macandrewi</em>]] G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id575927/"><em>Morum macandrewi</em></a>
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
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Characterised by relatively few but strongly nodulous and raised varices, the « MacAndrew's Morum » is a symbolic harpid of the Japonic province ranging from Chiba Prefecture, Japan to East China Sea. A classic rarity and much sought-after by Japanese and global collectors alike, even dead shells are rare and live-collected specimens are extremely scarce. It is a carnivorous and predatory gastropod and inhabits coarse sand bottoms of moderate depths around -30~200m. Very rarely it is found beached after storms, and recently a few live individuals have been sighted by lucky divers. Despite the recent staggering increase in the availability of many species inhabiting East China Sea due to Chinese trawlers the availability of this species has remained virtually unchanged, suggesting that its distribution centre is in Japan and is truly rare in East China Sea. Typical shell length around 40mm., extremely large specimens may exceed 55mm.
Avon C. 2016 . Gastropoda Pacifica.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
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Found at: Sakai, Minabe-cho, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Avon C. 2016 . Gastropoda Pacifica.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Morum macandrewi (Sowerby, 1889)]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013