Orania castanea

Orania castanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Orania castanea
Shell of Orania castanea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. castanea
Binomial name
Orania castanea
(Küster, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cominella unifasciata G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
  • Cominella unifasciata concolor Sowerby, 1897
  • Cominella unifasciata nigronodulosa W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)
  • Purpura castanea Küster, 1886
  • Thais castanea (Küster, 1886)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa, from False Bay to the south coast of Natal, and Walters Shoals, south of Madagascar.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Orania castanea (Küster, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716644 on 2019-01-06
  2. Claremont M., Houart R., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79(1): 19-29.
  • Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
  • Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.


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