Orania simonetae
Appearance
Orania simonetae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Orania |
Species: | O. simonetae
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Binomial name | |
Orania simonetae Houart, 1995
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Orania simonetae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
References
[edit]- ^ Orania simonetae Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
[edit]- MNHN, Paris: holotype
- Houart, R. (1995). The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297