Coralliophila monodonta

Coralliophilla monodonta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Coralliophila monodonta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Coralliophila
Species:	C. monodonta
Binomial name
Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms
Coralliophila madreporara [sic] (misspelling) Coralliophila madreporarum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Galeropsis madreporarum Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834 Galeropsis monodontus (Blainville, H.M.D. de, 1832) Purpura madreporarum G.B. Sowerby I [in J. Sowerby & G.B. Sowerby I], 1834 Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 (basionym) Quoyula madreporarum (Sowerby I, 1832) Quoyula monodonta (Blainville, 1832) Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 35 mm. The outside of the shell is an off-white color and the inside has a deep purple color

Distribution

Coralliophilla monodonta can be found naturally in Mozambique, New Zealand, Natal and the Marquesas Islands and was introduced as an alien into the Italian part of the Adriatic Sea. They can also be found in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean sea.

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• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585. page(s): 507
• Marshall B.A. & Oliverio M. 2009. The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Molluscan Research 29: 155-173

External links

• Media related to Coralliophila monodonta at Wikimedia Commons
• "Galeropsis monodontus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text
• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
• Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245