Orania pholidota

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

Orania pholidota
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. pholidota
Binomial name
Orania pholidota
(Watson, 1883)
Synonyms[1]

Fusus cereus E.A. Smith, 1884
Murex pholidotus Watson, 1883

References
  1. Orania pholidota (Watson, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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