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Coralliophila erosa

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Coralliophila erosa
Coralliophila erosa shell (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. erosa
Binomial name
Coralliophila erosa
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharus erosus Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa (Röding, 1798) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Liniaxis) groschi Kilburn, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Coralliophila deformis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, 1977
  • Coralliophila orbignyana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Coralliophila stearnsiana Dall, 1919
  • Coralliophila suturalis A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • 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 is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
  • Souverbie, M. (1861) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 9, 271–284, pl. 11.
  • 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
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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  • Media related to Coralliophila erosa at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  • ]https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855134 Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 259-269; pl. 7 fig. 1-4, 7-8; pl. 8 fig. 3, 5-9]
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214