| Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
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| Different views of a shell of Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Coralliophila |
| Species: | C. fearnleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Coralliophila fearnleyi | |
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Coralliophila fearnleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of shell varies between 33 mm and 67 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off India, Japan and Northern Australia.
References
- Coralliophila fearnleyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
- 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): 492