Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Ergalataxinae > Genus Orania

Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Orania*	Pallary, 1900	accepted genus name
*Pseudomurex (Orania)*	Pallary, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Murex fusulus*	Brocchi, 1814	basionym
*Murex fusulus*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Murex pyrrhias*	Watson, 1883	synonym
*Murex spadae*	Libassi, 1859	synonym
*Murex spadae var. tiberiana*	Brusina, 1871	synonym
*Ocinebra angolensis*	Odhner, 1923	synonym
*Pollia fusulus*	(Brocchi, 1814)	synonym
*Pollia fusulus var. major*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae*	(Libassi, 1859)	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. major*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Orania) spadae var. obesa*	Pallary, 1900	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	Sabelli B. & Tommasini S. (1983). Contributo alla conoscenza sistematica di "Murex" fusulus Brocchi, 1814. Bollettino Malacologico 19 (1-4): 1-12

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Orania fusulus. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140411