Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

Cronia aurantiaca is a species of murex sea snail found in the Southern Pacific Ocean off Australia.

Family
Genus
Cronia
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)

Cronia aurantiaca, first described by Hombron & Jacquinot in 1848, is a species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to Muricidae, the family of murex snails also known as rock snails. This species is distributed in the Southern Pacific Ocean, where it is found off the coast of Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Muricidae Cronia

More from Muricidae

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