Coralliophila erosa

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

Coralliophila erosa
Coralliophila erosa shell (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. erosa
Binomial name
Coralliophila erosa
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharus erosus Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa (Röding, 1798) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Liniaxis) groschi Kilburn, 1977 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Coralliophila deformis (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, 1977
  • Coralliophila orbignyana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Coralliophila stearnsiana Dall, 1919
  • Coralliophila suturalis A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex plicatus W. Wood, 1818
  • Purpura trichotropoides Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861
  • Pyrula abbreviata Lamarck, 1816
  • Pyrula deformis Lamarck, 1822
  • Rapana coralliophila A. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana fragilis A. Adams, 1854
  • Rapana suturalis A. Adams, 1854
  • Rhizochilus coralliophila Adams, A., 1854
  • Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861
  • Rhizochilus fragilis Adams, A., 1844
  • Rhizochilus suturalis Adams, A., 1854
  • Trichotropis dorbignyanum Petit de la Saussaye, 1851

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
  • Souverbie, M. (1861) Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie, 9, 271–284, pl. 11.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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): 493
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • "Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  • ]https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855134 Petit de la Saussaye, S. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 259-269; pl. 7 fig. 1-4, 7-8; pl. 8 fig. 3, 5-9]
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
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