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Coralliophila australis

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Coralliophila australis
Shell of Coralliophila australis (holotype 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. australis
Binomial name
Coralliophila australis
Oliverio, 2009[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm.

Coralliophila australis is predator that eats sessile prey.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Austral Islands, French Polynesia.

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