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

Orania rosea
Shell of Orania rosea (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 radula Hedley, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex radula Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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