Coralliophila rhomboidea

Coralliophila rhomboidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Coralliophila rhomboidea
Shell of Coralliophila rhomboidea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Coralliophila
Species:
C. rhomboidea
Binomial name
Coralliophila rhomboidea
Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Kosuge & Oliverio. 2004. Journal of Conchology 38 : 147–153, Part 2. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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