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Molluscs of Tasmania

Muricidae – Coralliophilinae: Coralliophila (Coralliophila) wilsoni Pritchard & Gatliff, 1898 (‘Wilson’s coral-snail’)

Synonym(s): wilsoni Pritchard & Gatliff, 1898.

Typical shell-length 15 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore on hard corals, on which it feeds. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmanian waters, this is a widespread but rare species.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila

Localities for Coralliophila wilsoni
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