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

Orania mixta
Shell of Orania mixta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Orania
Species:
O. mixta
Binomial name
Orania mixta
(Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lataxiena (Orania) mixta Houart, 1995
  • Lataxiena mixta (Houart, 1995)

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ a b Orania mixta (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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  • Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245–297]