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

Coralliophila cancellarioidea 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 21.5 mm with a tannish brown color.

Distribution

This marine species 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


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