Coralliophila fearnleyi
Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
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Different views of a shell of Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
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. fearnleyi |
Binomial name | |
Coralliophila fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Coralliophila fearnleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of shell varies between 33 mm and 67 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off India, Japan and North Australia.
References
- 1 2 Coralliophila fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
- 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): 492
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