Coralliophila nukuhiva

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

Coralliophila nukuhiva
Shell of Coralliophila nukuhiva (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. nukuhiva
Binomial name
Coralliophila nukuhiva
Oliverio, 2008[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands

References
  1. Oliverio (2008). Journal of Conchology 39 (5) : 569–584. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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