Orania corallina

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Orania corallina
Muricopsis hubrechti (MNHN-IM-2000-34668).jpeg
Shell of Orania corallina (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. corallina
Binomial name
Orania corallina
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms [1]
  • Muricopsis hubrechtiBozzetti, 2018
  • Peristernia corallinaMelvill & Standen, 1903

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

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Description

Orania corallina is also a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. [2] It has internal fertilization. [2]

It has dextrally coiled body symmetry. [3]

Distribution

The length of the shell attains 14 mm. The body volume was 0.356 cm^3, and its wet body mass was 0.623 g. [3]

Countries: Philippines, North Zululand, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, and The Seychelles (living usually at depths less than 100 m) [4]

Precise Location: Cebu Is.(North Coast), Bohol Strait

This marine species occurs also in the Persian Gulf and off South Africa and Madagascar; probably throughout the Indian Ocean. In the Pacific in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines; also Malaysia and Indonesia, living usually at depths less than 100 m.

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References

  1. 1 2 Orania corallina (Melvill & Standen, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Reproduction Summary - Orania corallina". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Orania corallina (Melvill & Standen 1903) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Orania corallina (Melvill & Standen, 1903)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 25 April 2023.