Coralliophila giton
Appearance
Coralliophila giton | |
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Shell of Coralliophila giton (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. giton
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Binomial name | |
Coralliophila giton (Dautzenberg, 1891)
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Synonyms | |
Purpura giton Dautzenberg, 1891 |
Coralliophila giton is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ Coralliophila giton (Dautzenberg, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Adanson, M., 1757 Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 18 pls
- Dautzenberg, P., 1891. Voyage de la Goelette Melita aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890. Mollusques Testacés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 4: 16-65, 1pl