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]

Coralliophila robillardi
Shell of Coralliophila robillardi (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Coralliobia robillardi (Liénard, 1870)
  • Leptoconchus robillardi Liénard, 1870
  • Magilus robillardi Liénard, 1870

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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