Orania castanea

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Orania castanea
Shell of Orania castanea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. castanea
Binomial name
Orania castanea
(Küster, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cominella unifasciata G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
  • Cominella unifasciata concolor Sowerby, 1897
  • Cominella unifasciata nigronodulosa W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Nucella castanea (Küster, 1886)
  • Purpura castanea Küster, 1886
  • Thais castanea (Küster, 1886)

Orania castanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

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