Coralliophila costata
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| Coralliophila costata | |
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| Shell of Coralliophila costata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Coralliophila |
| Species: | C. costata |
| Binomial name | |
| Coralliophila costata (Blainville, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Purpura costata Blainville, 1832 | |
Coralliophila costata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The length of the shell attains 23.9 mm.
