Orania fusulus

Orania fusulus
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. fusulus
Binomial name
	Orania fusulus; (Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
	Coralliophila (Coralliophila) spadae Libassi, I., 1859; Murex fusulus Brocchi, 1814; Murex pyrrhias Watson, 1883; Murex spadae tiberiana Brusina, S., 1871; Muricopsis angolensis (Odhner, 1922); Ocenebra angolensis Odhner, 1922; Orania angolensis Odhner, N.H.J., 1922; Orania spadae elongatus Pallary, P. in Settepassi, F., 1977; Orania spadae major Pallary, P., 1900; Orania spadae minor Pallary, P., 1900; Orania spadae obesa Pallary, P., 1900; Orania spadae robustus Settepassi, F., 1977; Pollia fusulus (Brocchi, 1814); Pollia fusulus major Locard, 1897; Pseudomurex spadae elongatus Pallary, 1900 in Settepassi, 1977; Pseudomurex spadae major Pallary, 1900; Pseudomurex spadae minor Pallary, 1900; Pseudomurex spadae obesa Pallary, 1900; Pseudomurex spadae robustus Settepassi, 1977;

Orania fusulus, common name : the spindle dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[2]

Description[]

The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in Western European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Brazil.

References[]

^ Brocchi G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subappenninica con osservazioni geologiche sugli Appennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241–712, pl. 1-16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2010.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Sabelli B. & Tommasini S. (1983). Contributo alla conoscenza sistematica di "Murex" fusulus Brocchi, 1814. Bollettino Malacologico 19 (1–4): 1–12
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links[]

Gastropods.com : Orania fusulus; accessed ; 28 December 2010

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[1] Brocchi G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subappenninica con osservazioni geologiche sugli Appennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241–712, pl. 1-16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2010.

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