''Cronia aurantiaca'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Southern Pacific Ocean off
Australia
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.
References
* Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1848
ovember. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée. Vingt-cinquiéme livraison. Mollusques pls 14, 16, 19, 22; Insectes lépidoptéres pl. 3
* Rousseau, L. , 1854 Description des Mollusques coquilles et Zoophytes. In: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée, Zoologie, vol. 5, p. 1-118, 125-131 (Mollusques); 119-124, 131-132 (Zoophytes)
Gastropods described in 1853
Cronia
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