Coralliophila erosa

Coralliophila erosa
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

Coralliophila erosa, common name : the South Seas coral shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

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.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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
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.

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