Coralliophila monodonta

Coralliophila monodonta
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. 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

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

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.

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