Species Orania fischeriana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882)
- Latirus fischerianus Tapparone Canefri, C.M. 1882. Museum Paulucciuanum-Etudes malacologiques, II. Journal of Conchology 30: 22-37 [33, pl. 2, figs 8-9].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Nassaria mordica Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [462, pl. 44, fig. 100].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.27378 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0'S, 145°30'0'E].
Generic Combinations
- Orania fischeriana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1882). —
Houart, R. 1995. The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 16: 245-297 [269, figs 15-16, 38-39, 112-120]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Mozambique to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 60 m
General References
Houart, R. 1995. The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 16: 245-297 [269, figs 15-16, 38-39, 53, 112-120]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [23] (as synonym of Orania badia (Reeve, 1845))
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MURICIDAE | 08-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 29-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |