Morula margariticola
General description:
A species of predatory gastropods. Distinguished by the blackish brown shell with mauve-purple aperture. A low shore species of rocky shores, often abundant on undersides of boulders. Shells often covered with epifauna.
Phylogeny:
Class Gastropoda
Family Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815
Morula margariticola (Broderip, 1833)