Hermania orca

Hermania orca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Philinidae
Genus: Hermania
Species:
H. orca
Binomial name
Hermania orca
(Gosliner, 1988)
Type sites
Synonyms
  • Philine orca Gosliner, 1988

Hermania orca is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Philinidae. The species was first described in 1988 as Philine orca by Terrence Gosliner In 2023 Gosliner assigned it to the genus, Hermania.

The species is found widely across both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, with the type specimens being found in the Seychelles and off Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.

Its English common name is Orca Folded Bubble Snail, while its Japanese name is モンガラキセワタ, and its Korean name is 투명점줄작은민챙이.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/609401117
  2. 1 2 "Hermania orca (Gosliner, 1988)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Catalogue of Life: Hermania orca (Gosliner, 1988)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Species Philene orca Gosliner, 1988". biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/. Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
  5. ↑ Gosliner, Terrence (1988). "The Philinacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of Aldabra Atoll, with descriptions of five new species and a new genus". Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 8: 79–100. ISSN 0097-0298. Wikidata Q142093816.
  6. ↑ Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa
  7. ↑ "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 NIBR: Philene orca Gosliner, 1988". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 2026-11-09.