Biology:Orania fusulus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Orania fusulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Orania
Species:
O. fusulus
Binomial name
Orania fusulus
(Brocchi, 1814)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) spadae Libassi, I., 1859
  • Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814
  • Murex pyrrhias Watson, 1883
  • Murex spadae tiberiana Brusina, S., 1871
  • Muricopsis angolensis (Odhner, 1922)
  • Ocenebra angolensis Odhner, 1922
  • Orania angolensis Odhner, N.H.J., 1922
  • Orania spadae elongatus Pallary, P. in Settepassi, F., 1977
  • Orania spadae major Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae minor Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae obesa Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae robustus Settepassi, F., 1977
  • Pollia fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Pollia fusulus major Locard, 1897
  • Pseudomurex spadae elongatus Pallary, 1900 in Settepassi, 1977
  • Pseudomurex spadae major Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae minor Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae obesa Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae robustus Settepassi, 1977

Orania fusulus, common name : the spindle dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in Western European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Brazil .

References

  1. ↑ Brocchi G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subappenninica con osservazioni geologiche sugli Appennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241–712, pl. 1-16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Sabelli B. & Tommasini S. (1983). Contributo alla conoscenza sistematica di "Murex" fusulus Brocchi, 1814. Bollettino Malacologico 19 (1–4): 1–12
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7099855 entry





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