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

Orania serotina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. serotina
Binomial name
Orania serotina
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Morula squamilirata (E.A. Smith, 1903)
  • Murex serotinus A. Adams, 1853 (basionym)
  • Sistrum squamiliratum E.A. Smith, 1903

Description

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Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll

References

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  1. ^ a b Orania serotina (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 December 2010.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
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