Morula anaxares
General description:
A species of predatory gastropods. Morula species feed mainly on barnacles, bivalves and limpets. Many drill holes in their prey using the radular teeth combined with acidic secretions from a special gland in the foot. They are often covered in epibiota and difficult to identify. Distinguished by the rows of white knobs on the shell.
Phylogeny:
Class Gastropoda
Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
Morula anaxares (Kiener, 1838)
Habitat:
Common in the high intertidal zone of rocky shores.