Paziella oregonia
Paziella oregonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Paziella |
Species: | P. oregonia |
Binomial name | |
Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Paziella oregonia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 90 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is distributed from Colombia to Northern Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164
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