Biology:Orania xuthedra

Short description: Species of gastropod

Orania xuthedra
Shell of Orania xuthedra (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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. xuthedra
Binomial name
Orania xuthedra (Melvill, 1893)
Synonyms
Orania alexanderi Houart, 1985 Ricinula (Sistrum) xuthedra Melvill, 1893

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

External linkjs

• Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. 7: 52-67, 1 pl.

Wikidata ☰ Q7099876 entry