Orania archaea

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| species = archaea

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Orania archaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|408188|Orania archaea Houart, 1995||24 April 2010}}

;Subspecies:

  • Orania archaea archaea Houart, 1995
  • Orania archaea hitomiae Houart & Moe, 2011 (occurs off Oahu, Hawaii).

Description

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Houart, R.; Gori, S. & Rosado, J. (2017). The Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) from Oman with the description of four new species. Novapex. 18 (3): 41-69.
  • Houart, R. & Moe, C., 2011 Description of Orania archaea hitomiae n. ssp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from Hawaii in Severns, M