WoRMS taxon details

Orania corallina (Melvill & Standen, 1903)

408193  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408193)

accepted
Species
Peristernia corallina Melvill & Standen, 1903 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Peristernia corallina Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 12: 289-324, pls 20-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993047
page(s): 308, pl. 22, fig. 11. [details]   
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf  
type locality contained in Persian Gulf (origin: native - non-endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution North Zululand, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, The Seychelles, Tanzania to the Persian Gulf, probably throughout the...  
Distribution North Zululand, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, The Seychelles, Tanzania to the Persian Gulf, probably throughout the Indian Ocean. In the Pacific in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines; also Malaysia and Indonesia, living usually at depths less than 100 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Orania corallina (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408193 on 2024-03-29
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original description  (of Peristernia corallina Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 12: 289-324, pls 20-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993047
page(s): 308, pl. 22, fig. 11. [details]   

original description  (of Muricopsis hubrechti Bozzetti, 2018) Bozzetti L. (2018). <i>Muricopsis hubrechti</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae). A new species from south-eastern Madagascar. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 100: 4-6. [details]   

basis of record Houart, R. (2020). The <i>Orania fischeriana</i> complex in the Indo-West Pacific and description of a new <i>Cytharomorula</i> species (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Ergalataxinae) from Hawaii. <em>Novapex.</em> 21 (4): 97-106.
page(s): 100, figs 2, 3C, I–J, 4K–V [details]   

identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.  [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution North Zululand, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, The Seychelles, Tanzania to the Persian Gulf, probably throughout the Indian Ocean. In the Pacific in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines; also Malaysia and Indonesia, living usually at depths less than 100 m. [details]