Biology:Coralliophila fimbriata

Coralliophila fimbriata
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. fimbriata
Binomial name
	Coralliophila fimbriata; (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
	Concholepas fimbriata A. Adams, 1852 (basionym); Coralliobia cancellata Pease, 1861; Coralliobia densicostata Shikama, 1963; Coralliobia fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854); Coralliobia sculptilis Pease, 1865; Coralliobia smithi Yen, 1942; Leptoconchus fimbriatus (A. Adams, 1852); Magilus fimbriatus A. Adams;

Short description: Species of gastropod

Coralliophila fimbriata 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 8 mm and 27 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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): 517

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