''Orania'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the subfamily

Ergalataxinae Ergalataxinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic subfamily of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks within the family Muricidae, the rock snails. In this subfamily, the aragonite, aragonitic gastrop ...

of the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Orania'' include: * '' Orania adiastolos'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania archaea'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania atea'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 * '' Orania badia'' (Reeve, 1845) * '' Orania bimucronata'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Orania birileffi'' (Lischke, 1871) * '' Orania carnicolor'' (Bozzetti, 2009) * '' Orania castanea'' (Küster, 1859) * † '' Orania cheilotoma'' (Hoernes & Auinger, 1890) * '' Orania corallina'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903) * '' Orania dharmai'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania ficula'' (Reeve 1848) * '' Orania fischeriana'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882) * '' Orania fusulus'' (Brocchi, 1814) * '' Orania gaskelli'' (Melvill, 1891) * '' Orania livida'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Orania maestratii'' Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 * '' Orania mixta'' (Houart, 1995) * '' Orania nodosa'' (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) * '' Orania nodulosa'' (Pease, 1869) * '' Orania pachyraphe'' (E. A. Smith, 1879) * '' Orania pacifica'' (Nakayama, 1988) * '' Orania pholidota'' (Watson, 1883) * '' Orania pleurotomoides'' (Reeve, 1845) * '' Orania pseudopacifica'' Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019 * '' Orania purpurea'' (Kuroda & Habe, 1961) * '' Orania rosadoi'' Houart, 1998 * '' Orania rosea'' Houart, 1996 * '' Orania serotina'' (A. Adams, 1853) * '' Orania simonetae'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania subnodulosa'' (Melvill, 1893) * '' Orania taeniata'' Houart, 1995 * '' Orania taiwana'' (K.-Y. Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2012) * † '' Orania turrita'' (Borson, 1821) * '' Orania walkeri'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1908) * '' Orania xuthedra'' (Melvill, 1893) ;Species brought into synonymy: * '' Orania albozonata'' (E. A. Smith, 1890): synonym of '' Enginella albozonata'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * ''Orania alexanderi'' Houart, 1985: synonym of ''Orania xuthedra'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''Orania birileffi'' (Lischke, 1871): synonym of '' Bedevina birileffi'' (Lischke, 1871) * ''Orania grayi'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Cytharomorula grayi'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Orania infans'' (E. A. Smith, 1884): synonym of '' Spinidrupa infans'' (E. A. Smith, 1884) * ''Orania ornamentata'' Houart, 1995: synonym of '' Cytharomorula ornamentata'' (Houart, 1995) (original combination)

References

* Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.

External links

Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422.
Ergalataxinae Gastropod genera {{Ergalataxinae-stub