Paziella oregonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Paziella |
| Species: | P. oregonia
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| Binomial name | |
| Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is distributed from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164
External links
edit- "Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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