Paziella oregonia

Paziella oregonia
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]
  • Murex oregonia Bullis, 1964 (basionym)
  • Paziella (Paziella) oregonia (Bullis, 1964)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) oregonia (Bullis, 1964)

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


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