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Coralliophila galea (helmet coralsnail)

Synonyms: Coralliophila nodulosa; Coralliophila undosa; Murex galea; Purpura abbreviata

Wikipedia Abstract

Coralliophila galea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Coralliophila caribaea (Caribbean coralsnail)2
Oreaster reticulatus (cushioned star)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Monaco, Carlos, Estrella Villamizar, and Samuel Narciso. "Selectivity of preys of Coralliophila abbreviata and C. caribaea in coral reefs of the National Park Morrocoy, Venezuela: an experimental approximation/Selectividad de presas de Coralliophila abbreviata y C. caribaea en arrecifes coralinos del Parque Nacional Morrocoy, Venezuela: una aproximacion experimental." Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 38.1 (2010): 57+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 July 2014.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0