Coralliophila fimbriata

Coralliophila fimbriata
Coralliophila fimbriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species: C. fimbriata
Binomial name
Coralliophila fimbriata
(A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Concholepas fimbriata A. Adams, 1852 (basionym)
  • Coralliobia cancellata Pease, 1861
  • Coralliobia densicostata Shikama, 1963
  • Coralliobia fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Coralliobia sculptilis Pease, 1865
  • Coralliobia smithi Yen, 1942
  • Leptoconchus fimbriatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams

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

Contents

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 27 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ a b Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1852.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549963  on 2 February 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 517

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