Orania mixta

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Orania
Species:
O. mixta
Binomial name
Orania mixta
(Houart, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lataxiena (Orania) mixta Houart, 1995
  • Lataxiena mixta (Houart, 1995)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References
  1. Orania mixta (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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.


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