Coralliophila giton | |
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Shell of Coralliophila giton (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
This marine species occurs off Senegal.
Philippe Dautzenberg was a Belgian malacologist, a biologist who specializes in the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with mollusks. He was an amateur and autodidact, who was actually the owner of a carpet and soft furnishings factory. He was also a devoted family man with 12 children.
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