# Morum oniscus

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Morum oniscus (Atlantic morum snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16004841769).jpg
| image_caption = ''Morum oniscus'' shell
| taxon = Morum oniscus
| authority = ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1767)
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
* ''Cypraea conoidea'' <small>Scopoli, 1786</small>
* ''Oniscia quadriseriata'' <small>Menke, 1830</small>
* ''Oniscia triseriata'' <small>Menke, 1830</small> (unnecessary substitute name for Strombus oniscus)
* ''Strombus oniscus'' Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)
}}

'''''Morum oniscus''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Harpidae](/source/Harpidae), the harp snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|403731|''Morum oniscus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)||25 April 2010}}</ref>

==Distribution==
This species occurs from Bermuda to southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County) and the Florida Keys;
throughout the Bahamas and the entire Caribbean Sea Basin; south to the Lesser Antilles and Barbados (rare at Barbados).
The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico.

==Description==
Shell size 15-32 mm.

==References==
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* Dance, S.P. & G.T. Poppe, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
* Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2020). A review of the genus Morum (Gastropoda: Harpidae) in the Western Atlantic, with the description of two new species from Brazil. [The Festivus](/source/The_Festivus). 52(1): 60–69.

==External links==
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae &#91;Stockholm&#93;, Laurentii Salvii. pp.&nbsp;1–532 &#91;1766&#93; pp.&nbsp;533–1327]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/72994#/summary Scopoli I.A. (1786). Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae Pars 1 and 2. &#91;iv&#93; + 115 pp., frontispiece, 25 pls. Monasterii S. Salvatoris: Ticini]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081421/http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf  Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]

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oniscus
Category:Gastropods described in 1767
Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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