Coralliophila australis

Coralliophila australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Coralliophila australis
Shell of Coralliophila australis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. australis
Binomial name
Coralliophila australis
Oliverio, 2009[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm.

Coralliophila australis is predator that eats sessile prey.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Austral Islands, French Polynesia.

References
  1. Oliverio (2009). Zoosystema 31 (4) : 759–789. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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