Coralliophila erosa

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Coralliophila erosa
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Coralliophila erosa shell (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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 erosusRöding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa(Röding, 1798) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Liniaxis) groschiKilburn, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila abbreviata(Lamarck, 1816)
  • Coralliophila deformis(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Coralliophila groschiKilburn, 1977
  • Coralliophila orbignyana(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Coralliophila stearnsianaDall, 1919
  • Coralliophila suturalisA. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex plicatusW. Wood, 1818
  • Purpura trichotropoidesMontrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861
  • Pyrula abbreviataLamarck, 1816
  • Pyrula deformisLamarck, 1822
  • Rapana coralliophilaA. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana fragilisA. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana suturalisA. Adams, 1854
  • Rhizochilus coralliophilaAdams, A., 1854
  • Rhizochilus exaratusPease, 1861
  • Rhizochilus fragilisAdams, A., 1844
  • Rhizochilus suturalisAdams, A., 1854
  • Trichotropis dorbignyanumPetit 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]

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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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