Coralliophila monodonta

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

Coralliophila monodonta
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C. monodonta
Binomial name
Coralliophila monodonta
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Coralliophila madreporara [sic] (misspelling)
  • Coralliophila madreporarum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Galeropsis madreporarum Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834
  • Galeropsis monodontus (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832)
  • Purpura madreporarum G.B. Sowerby I [in J. Sowerby & G.B. Sowerby I], 1834
  • Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Quoyula madreporarum (Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Quoyula monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
  • Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos and Madagascar. It is an introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy.

References

  • Blainville H.M.D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholepas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 1: 189-263, pls 9-12
  • Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv For Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 12(6). 52 pp, 4 pl.
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
  • Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • 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): 507
  • Marshall B.A. & Oliverio M. 2009. The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Molluscan Research 29: 155-173


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