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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> solutistoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Images: Coralliophila solutistoma Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: CORALLIOPHILINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
> Coralliophila (Genus)
> solutistoma (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
=Liniaxis Laseron, 1955
=Quoyula Iredale, 1912
Details: Coralliophila solutistoma Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966
Size/Grows to:
Height 27mm, Width 16mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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(3) (p.163)
  • Shikama, T. 1966 On some new Latiaxis and Coralliophila in Japan, Venus, 25(1) (p.21) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil