Coralliophila curacaoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Coralliophila curacaoensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. curacaoensis
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Binomial name | |
Coralliophila curacaoensis Potkamp & Hoeksema, 2017
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Curaçao.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila curacaoensis Potkamp & Hoeksema, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994490 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Potkamp G., Vermeij M.J.A. & Hoeksema B.W. (2017). Genetic and morphological variation in corallivorous snails (Coralliophila spp.) living on different host corals at Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Contributions to Zoology. 86(2): 111-144.