Cronia aurantiaca

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Cronia aurantiaca
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Shell of Cronia aurantiaca (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Cronia
Species:
C. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Cronia aurantiaca
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cronia (Cronia) aurantiaca(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
  • Cronia pseudamygdala(Hedley, 1903)
  • Purpura aurantiacaHombron & Jacquinot, 1853
  • Purpura pseudamygdalaHedley, 1903

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Southern Pacific Ocean off Australia.

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