Orania (gastropod)

Orania
shell of Orania walkeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Orania
Pallary, 1900
Type species
Murex spadae
Libassi, 1859
Synonyms
  • Lataxiena (Orania)
  • Pseudomurex (Orania) Pallary, 1900 (original rank as subgenus)

Orania is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ergalataxinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

  1. ^ Orania Pallary, 1900. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.