Biology:Coralliophila pacei
| Coralliophila pacei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Coralliophila |
| Species: | C. pacei
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| Binomial name | |
| Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987
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Coralliophila pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, with ovate, inflated body whorl and elevated, scalariform spire; body whorl ornamented with 2 large fimbriated spiral cords, one at shoulder and one below (anterior to) mid-body; 3 small squamose spiral cords between suture and large shoulder cord; 2 small squamose spiral cords between 2 large cords around anterior end; 9 low varices per whorl; large scale produced at intersection of varix and spiral cord, giving shell fimbriated appearance; shell uniformly cream-white in color."[2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Pompano outfall, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA."[3]
This species recently discovered in Martinique, French West Indies.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994493 on 2019-01-06
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF
- ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 27. Publ: CERF
Wikidata ☰ Q3731035 entry
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