Jump to content

Orania xuthedra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orania xuthedra
Shell of Orania xuthedra (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. xuthedra
Binomial name
Orania xuthedra
(Melvill, 1893)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Description

[edit]

Distribution

[edit]

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Orania xuthedra (Melvill, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

External linkjs

[edit]