Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Coralliophilinae Scientific name Coralliophila violacea Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Coralliophila Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Coralliophila, Coralliophilinae, Coralliophila radula, Babelomurex, Latiaxis | ||
Coralliophila violacea, common name : the violet 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 17 mm and 47 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar and Tanzania, in the Indo-Pacific and along the Galapagos Islands
References
Coralliophila violacea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA