Coralliophila erosa

Coralliophila erosa
Coralliophila erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species: C. erosa
Binomial name
Coralliophila erosa
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharus erosus Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, 1977
  • Coralliophila orbignyana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Coralliophila stearnsiana Dall, 1919
  • Murex plicatus W. Wood, 1818
  • Purpura trichotropoides Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861
  • Pyrula abbreviata Lamarck, 1816
  • Pyrula deformis Lamarck, 1822
  • Rapana coralliophila A. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana fragilis A. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana suturalis A. Adams, 1854
  • Rhizochilus coralliophila Adams, A., 1854
  • Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861
  • Rhizochilus fragilis Adams, A., 1844
  • Rhizochilus suturalis Adams, A., 1854
  • Trichotropis dorbignyanum Petit de la Saussaye, 1851

Coralliophila erosa, common name : the South Seas coral shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208126 on 3 February 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 493

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