Coralliophila curacaoensis

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Coralliophila curacaoensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. curacaoensis
Binomial name
Coralliophila curacaoensis
Potkamp & Hoeksema, 2017

Coralliophila curacaoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Curaçao. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. 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.