OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Orania pacifica Nakayama, 1988
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Morula pacifica Nakayama, 1988
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Marquesas (Iles Marquises)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ living at 30-160 metres
]
References
Houart, R. 1995. p.272, figs. 9, 43, 98-101 General reference
Houart, R. 2001. p.251 [Vanuatu record] Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Orania Pallary, 1900
Orania pacifica Nakayama, 1988
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48663) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-01. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-07.