Orania archaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Orania archaea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Orania |
Species: | O. archaea
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Binomial name | |
Orania archaea Houart, 1995
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- Subspecies
- Orania archaea archaea Houart, 1995
- Orania archaea hitomiae Houart & Moe, 2011 (occurs off Oahu, Hawaii).
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ Orania archaea Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R.; Gori, S. & Rosado, J. (2017). The Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) from Oman with the description of four new species. Novapex. 18 (3): 41-69.
- Houart, R. & Moe, C., 2011 Description of Orania archaea hitomiae n. ssp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from Hawaii in Severns, M
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