Coralliophila fimbriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. fimbriata
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Binomial name | |
Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 8 mm and 27 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
edit- ^ a b Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 February 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- 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): 517
External links
edit- "Coralliophila (Coralliobia) fimbriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2011.