Orania castanea

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Orania castanea
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Shell of Orania castanea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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 unifasciataG. B. Sowerby III, 1886
  • Cominella unifasciata concolorSowerby, 1897
  • Cominella unifasciata nigronodulosaW. H. Turton, 1932
  • Nucella castanea(Küster, 1886)
  • Purpura castaneaKüster, 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]

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Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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.