Orania fusulus

Orania fusulus
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. fusulus
Binomial name
Orania fusulus
(Brocchi, 1814)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) spadae Libassi, I., 1859
  • Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814
  • Murex pyrrhias Watson, 1883
  • Murex spadae tiberiana Brusina, S., 1871
  • Muricopsis angolensis (Odhner, 1922)
  • Ocenebra angolensis Odhner, 1922
  • Orania angolensis Odhner, N.H.J., 1922
  • Orania spadae elongatus Pallary, P. in Settepassi, F., 1977
  • Orania spadae major Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae minor Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae obesa Pallary, P., 1900
  • Orania spadae robustus Settepassi, F., 1977
  • Pollia fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Pollia fusulus major Locard, 1897
  • Pseudomurex spadae elongatus Pallary, 1900 in Settepassi, 1977
  • Pseudomurex spadae major Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae minor Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae obesa Pallary, 1900
  • Pseudomurex spadae robustus Settepassi, 1977

Orania fusulus, common name : the Spindle Dwarf Triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in Western European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Brazil.

References


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