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Coralliophila costata

(California Coralsnail)

Overview

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Coralliophilidae: <i>Coralliophila costata</i> (Blainville, 1832) from Galapagos

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

California Coralsnail

Description

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Family Muricidae

Either with axial ribs and spiral ridges equally well developed and prominent , or axial ribs represented by thin lamellae and spiral ridges faint.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Neogastropoda () - Thiele, 1929
        Superfamily: Muricoidea () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Muricidae () - Rafinesque, 1815 - Drills
        Subfamily: Coralliophilinae ()
        Genus: Coralliophila () - H. & A. Adams, 1853
        Specific name: costata - (Blainville, 1832)
        Scientific name: - Coralliophila costata (Blainville, 1832)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Coralliophila

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. aberrans (Globose Coralsnail) · C. caribaea (Caribbean Coralsnail) · C. costata (California Coralsnail) · C. deburghiae (Catfish) · C. galea (Helmet Coralsnail) · C. scalariformis (Staircase Coralsnail)

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Further Reading

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Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 185.
American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url p. 220.
Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 288, p. 288.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 10, p. 486.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2685358
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-73520
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13776242
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 73520
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 508134

Last Revised: 7/20/2012