species: Coralliophila monodonta in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Coralliophila monodonta


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Coralliophila monodonta from the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Coralliophila monodonta from the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Coralliophila monodonta from the NW side of Palfrey Island, Lizard Island Group.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Muricidae
Genus Coralliophila
Species Coralliophila monodonta

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

These snails live in groups attached to the branches of living corals, especially Pocillopora (Wilson, 1994).

Size

  • Up to 3 cm (Length according to Wilson, 1994)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Page, A.J. (1987). The feeding behaviour and biology of selected corallivorous, prosobranch gastropods from the east coast of Australia, M.Sc. thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane. LIRS catalog number 258.