Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae Scientific name Coralliophila erosa Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Coralliophila Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Coralliophila, Coralliophila violacea, Coralliophila radula, Babelomurex spinosus | ||
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.
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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
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