Coralliophila fearnleyi
Appearance
Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
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Different views of a shell of Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. fearnleyi
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Binomial name | |
Coralliophila fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Coralliophila fearnleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of shell varies between 33 mm and 67 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off India, Japan and Northern Australia.
References
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- ^ a b Coralliophila fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
- 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): 492