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Orania castanea

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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)

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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