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Coralliophila giton

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Species of gastropod

Coralliophila giton
Shell of Coralliophila giton (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Coralliophila
Species: C. giton
Binomial name
Coralliophila giton
(Dautzenberg, 1891)
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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  1. 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
Taxon identifiers
Coralliophila giton


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