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Coralliophila amirantium Coral Snail

Coralliophila amirantium is commonly referred to as Coral Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
14037 
AphiaID:
549927 
Scientific:
Coralliophila amirantium 
German:
Korallen-Schnecke 
English:
Coral Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Coralliophila (Genus) > amirantium (Species) 
Initial determination:
E. A. Smith, 1884 
Occurrence:
French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
40 - 42 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 
Temperature:
20,6 °F - 28,6 °F (20,6°C - 28,6°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Parasitic 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-09-09 19:50:37 

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Coralliophila amirantium E. A. Smith, 1884

Coralliophila amirantium is a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Coralliophila amirantium can be found on stony corals, including Seriatopora corals.

The shells are usually covered with a red sponge.

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2021.

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