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Coralliophila violacea

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Coralliophila violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. violacea
Binomial name
Coralliophila violacea
Kiener, 1836
Synonyms[1]
  • Coralliophila neritoidea (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fusus neritoideus (Name generally attributed to Lamarck, 1816, but in fact a new combination of Murex neritoideus of Gmelin)
  • Murex neritoideus Chemnitz, 1788 (Unavailable name: published in non-binomial work)
  • Murex neritoideus Gmelin, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Murex neritoideus Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836 (basionym)

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.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 17 and 47 millimetres (0.67 and 1.85 in).

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b Coralliophila violacea Kiener, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • 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): 486
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  • "Coralliophila (Coralliophila) neritoidea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2011.