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 (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, 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]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

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.

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