Orania serotina

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
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

Distribution

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

References
  1. 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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