OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Orania badia (Reeve, 1845)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lataxiena (Orania) badia auct
   Murex badia Reeve, 1845
   Peristernia corallina Melvill & Standen, 1903
   Muricopsis martini Fischer in Wanner, 1927

Common Name

The Brown Murex p.sp. 159      Reeve, L.A. 1845.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980. p.137-138 [ as Muricopsis corallinus. Available names- mordica Hedley, 1903 and martini, Fischer in Wanner, 1927 ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.23 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.23 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
                            Orania Pallary, 1900
                              Orania badia (Reeve, 1845)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10770) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-21.