Orania maestratii

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

Orania maestratii
Shell of Orania maestratii (holotype 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. maestratii
Binomial name
Orania maestratii
Houart & Tröndlé, 2008

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Austral Islands, French Polynesia.

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