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Coralliophila bathus
Shell of Coralliophila bathus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. bathus
Binomial name
Coralliophila bathus
Oliverio, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine sêcies occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.