Orania rosea
Orania rosea | |
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Shell of Orania rosea (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Orania |
Species: | O. rosea |
Binomial name | |
Orania rosea Houart, 1996 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Murex radula Hedley, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex radula Linnaeus, 1758) |
Orania rosea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Orania rosea Houart, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
External links
[edit]- Houart, R. (1996). Description of two new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Venus. 55 (4): 273-280
- Hedley C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27