Coralliophila elvirae

Coralliophila elvirae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Coralliophila elvirae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. elvirae
Binomial name
Coralliophila elvirae
D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila elvirae D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549951 on 2019-01-06
  2. D'Attilio A. & Emerson W.K. (1980) Two new Indo-Pacific coralliophilid species (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(5): 69-73, pls 19-20. [30 November 1980]


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