Orania rosea

Orania rosea
Shell of Orania rosea (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Orania
Species:	O. rosea
Binomial name
Orania rosea Houart, 1996
Synonyms [1]
Murex radulaHedley, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex radula Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

1. Orania rosea Houart, 1996 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

External links

• Houart, R. (1996). Description of two new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Venus. 55 (4): 273-280
• Hedley C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27