Coralliophila fragosa

Coralliophila fragosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2][3]

Coralliophila fragosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. fragosa
Binomial name
Coralliophila fragosa
E. A. Smith, 1910

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila fragosa E. A. Smith, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576747 on 2019-01-06
  2. Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  3. Smith E.A. (1910). On South African marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Museum. 2: 175-220, pls 7-8.


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