Coralliophila giton

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Coralliophila giton
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Shell of Coralliophila giton (syntype 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. giton
Binomial name
Coralliophila giton
(Dautzenberg, 1891)
Synonyms

Purpura gitonDautzenberg, 1891

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

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