Orania serotina

Orania serotina
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. serotina
Binomial name
Orania serotina
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Morula squamilirata (E.A. Smith, 1903)
  • Murex serotinus A. Adams, 1853 (basionym)
  • Sistrum squamiliratum E.A. Smith, 1903

Orania serotina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian ocean along the Aldabra Atoll

References

  1. 1 2 Orania serotina (A. Adams, 1853).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 December 2010.


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