Coralliophila mandji

Coralliophila mandji is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Coralliophila mandji
Shell of Coralliophila mandji (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species:
C. mandji
Binomial name
Coralliophila mandji
P. A. Bernard, 1989

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Coralliophila mandji P. A. Bernard, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709201 on 2019-01-06
  2. Bernard, P. A. 1989. A new Coralliophila from Gabon, West Africa. La Conchiglia (242-245): 48-50.


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