Orania rosadoi

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Orania rosadoi
Shell of Orania rosadoi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. rosadoi
Binomial name
Orania rosadoi
Houart, 1998

Orania rosadoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Mozambique.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orania rosadoi Houart, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1998. Description of eight new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda). Apex 13(3): 95-109
  • 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.