Orania castanea
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| Orania castanea | |
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| Shell of Orania castanea (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific 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] | |
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Orania castanea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]