Coralliophila australis
Species of gastropod
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009[1] | |
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]
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.
- ^ a b Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
- Oliverio, M. (2009). Diversity of Coralliophilinae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Muricidae) at Austral Islands (South Pacific). Zoosystema. 31(4): 759-789
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