Coralliophila violacea
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Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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Species: | C. violacea
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Coralliophila violacea Kiener, 1836
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Coralliophila violacea, common name : the violet coral shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description[]
The shell size varies between 17 to 47 millimetres (0.67 to 1.85 in).
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Distribution[]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania, in the Indo-Pacific and along the Galapagos Islands
References[]
- ^ a b Coralliophila violacea Kiener, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
- 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): 486
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- "Coralliophila (Coralliophila) neritoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
Categories:
- Muricidae
- Gastropods described in 1836
- Muricidae stubs