| Paziella oregonia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Paziella |
| Species: | P. oregonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Paziella oregonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm. The shell displays the typical robust structure of the Muricidae family and is characterized by spines arising from the varices, with an ovoid aperture that is smooth on the inside. Shell coloration and detailed ornamentation information are not widely documented in the current literature.
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This marine species is distributed from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
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