Orania fusulus
Species of gastropod
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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]
| Orania fusulus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Orania |
| Species: | O. fusulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.