Coralliophila australis
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Coralliophila australis | |
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Shell of Coralliophila australis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. australis
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Binomial name | |
Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009[1]
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Coralliophila australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm. Coralliophila australis is predator that eats sessile prey.[2]
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Austral Islands, French Polynesia.
References
- ↑ Oliverio (2009). Zoosystema 31 (4) : 759–789. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.