Cytharomorula ornamentata

Cytharomorula ornamentata
Shell of Orania ornamentata (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Cytharomorula
Species:	C. ornamentata
Binomial name
Cytharomorula ornamentata Houart, 1995
Synonyms
Orania ornamentata Houart, 1995 (original combination)

Cytharomorula ornamentata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cytharomorula ornamentata (Houart, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334230 on 2021-11-13

• Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.

External links

• 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. ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297