Coralliophila robillardi
Coralliophila robillardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Coralliophila robillardi (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Coralliophila |
| Species: | C. robillardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Coralliophila robillardi (Liénard, 1870) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila robillardi (Liénard, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549969 on 2019-01-06
- Liénard, E., 1871. Description d'espèces nouvelles provenant de l'île Maurice. Journal de Conchyliologie 19: 71-74
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.
External links
- Liénard, E., 1870. Description d'espèces nouvelles provenant de l'île Maurice. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 304-305
- MNHN, Paris: syntype
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