Coralliophila porphyroleuca

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Coralliophila porphyroleuca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. porphyroleuca
Binomial name
Coralliophila porphyroleuca
(Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms [1]

Purpura porphyroleucaCrosse, 1870

Coralliophila porphyroleuca 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 attains a length of 21.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Tuamotu Islands. [1] and off Tahiti.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila porphyroleuca (Crosse, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287816 on 2019-01-06