Coralliophila monodonta

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Coralliophila monodonta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. monodonta
Binomial name
Coralliophila monodonta
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms [1]
  • Coralliophila madreporara [sic] (misspelling)
  • Coralliophila madreporarum(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Galeropsis madreporarumSowerby, G.B. I, 1834
  • Galeropsis monodontus(Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832)
  • Purpura madreporarumG.B. Sowerby I [in J. Sowerby & G.B. Sowerby I], 1834
  • Purpura monodontaBlainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Quoyula madreporarum(Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Quoyula monodonta(Blainville, 1832)
  • Rhizochilus madreporarumSowerby

Coralliophilla monodonta 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 16 mm and 35 mm. The outside of the shell is an off-white color and the inside has a deep purple color

Distribution

Coralliophilla monodonta can be found naturally in Mozambique, New Zealand, Natal and the Marquesas Islands and was introduced as an alien into the Italian part of the Adriatic Sea. They can also be found in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean sea.


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