Orania purpurea

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

Orania purpurea
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. purpurea
Binomial name
Orania purpurea
(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
Synonyms[1]

Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & Habe, 1961

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Orania purpurea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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