# Mormula

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon =  Mormula
| authority = [A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1863<ref>A. Adams, Jour. Linn. Soc., vii, p. 1, 1863,</ref>
| type_species = ''Mormula rissoina''
| type_species_authority = A. Adams, 1864
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'''''Mormula''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pyramidellidae](/source/Pyramidellidae), the pyrams and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2010). ''Mormula'' A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through:  [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203962 on 26 August 2012</ref><ref>Nomenclator Zoologicus</ref>

==Description==
The thick shell is turreted and shaped like an awl, rissoid, solid, and longitudinally plicate . The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is large. The [columella](/source/Columella_(gastropod)) is spirally tortuous. The [outer lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is thickened within. The margin acute.<ref>[G.W. Tryon](/source/G.W._Tryon), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 297; 1889</ref>

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Mormula'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" />
[[File:Mormula chrysozona 001.png|thumb|Drawing of a ''[Mormula chrysozona](/source/Mormula_chrysozona)'' shell]]
* ''[Mormula chrysozona](/source/Mormula_chrysozona)'' <small>(Martens, 1880)</small>
* ''[Mormula hirasei](/source/Mormula_hirasei)'' <small>Kuroda, 1960</small>
* ''[Mormula macandreae](/source/Mormula_macandreae)'' <small>A. Adams, 1870</small>
* ''[Mormula persarum](/source/Mormula_persarum)'' <small>Melvill & Standen, 1903</small>
* ''[Mormula philippiana](/source/Mormula_philippiana)'' <small>(Dunker, 1860)</small> 
* ''[Mormula pseudorex](/source/Mormula_pseudorex)'' <small>(Nomura, 1936)</small>
* ''[Mormula rex](/source/Mormula_rex)'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1904)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Mormula aureocincta'' <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1971</small>: synonym of ''[Pyrgiscus aureocinctus](/source/Pyrgiscus_aureocinctus)'' <small>(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)</small>
* ''Mormula excellens'' <small>G.B. Sowerby III, 1907</small>: synonym of ''[Turbonilla aulica](/source/Turbonilla_aulica)'' <small>Dall & Bartsch, 1906</small>
* ''Mormula humilis'' <small>(Preston, 1905)</small>: synonym of ''[Quirella humilis](/source/Quirella_humilis)'' <small>(Preston, 1905)</small>
* ''Mormula rissoina'' <small>A. Adams, 1864</small>: synonym of ''[Turbonilla philippiana](/source/Turbonilla_philippiana)'' <small>Dunker, 1860</small>
* ''Mormula terebra'' <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small>: synonym of ''[Chrysallida terebra](/source/Chrysallida_terebra)'' <small>A. Adams, 1861</small>

==References==
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* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8580857 Adams A. (1863). ''On the species of Pyramidellinae found in Japan''. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 7: 1-6]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36241906 Odé H. (1998) ''Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonillids, excluding those along the Americas''. Texas Conchologist 34(2): 33-103]

==External links==
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203962 World Register of Marine Species]
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Category:Pyramidellidae
Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)

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