Biology:Orania rosadoi

Short description: Species of mollusc

Orania rosadoi
Shell of Orania rosadoi (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. rosadoi
Binomial name
Orania rosadoi Houart, 1998

Orania rosadoi 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 Mozambique.

References

• Houart, R., 1998. Description of eight new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda). Apex 13(3): 95-109
• Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q7099869 entry