Coralliophila porphyroleuca

Coralliophila porphyroleuca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Coralliophila porphyroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. porphyroleuca
Binomial name
Coralliophila porphyroleuca
(Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms[1]

Purpura porphyroleuca Crosse, 1870

Description

The shell attains a length of 21.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Tuamotu Islands.[1] and off Tahiti.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila porphyroleuca (Crosse, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1287816 on 2019-01-06
  • Crosse, H., 1870. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 301-304


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