- Orania purpurea
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Orania purpurea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Ergalataxinae Genus: Orania Species: O. purpurea Binomial name Orania purpurea
(Kuroda & Habe, 1961)Synonyms[1] Ergalatax purpureus Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Orania purpurea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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- ^ a b Orania purpurea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408207 on 24 April 2010.
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