Orania simonetae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Orania simonetae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Orania |
| Species: | O. simonetae
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| Binomial name | |
| Orania simonetae Houart, 1995
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
References edit
- ^ Orania simonetae Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links edit
- MNHN, Paris: holotype
- Houart, R. (1995). 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
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