Orania xuthedra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Orania xuthedra | |
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Shell of Orania xuthedra (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Orania |
Species: | O. xuthedra
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Binomial name | |
Orania xuthedra (Melvill, 1893)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.
References
edit- ^ a b Orania xuthedra (Melvill, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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