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Coralliophila radula Pear-shaped Coral Snail, Radula Coral Shell

Coralliophila radula is commonly referred to as Pear-shaped Coral Snail, Radula Coral Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Coralliophila radula,Pear-shaped shell,Radula coral shell,46mm, Mactan Island, Philippines 2019


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lexID:
14039 
AphiaID:
208127 
Scientific:
Coralliophila radula 
German:
Birnenförmige Korallen-Schnecke, Radula Korallen-Schnecke 
English:
Pear-shaped Coral Snail, Radula Coral Shell 
Category:
Snäckor med skal 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Coralliophila (Genus) > radula (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Adams, ), 1855 
Occurrence:
Australia, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, the Kermadec Islands 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 2.76" (2,5cm - 7,2cm) 
Temperature:
23,4 °F - 29,2 °F (23,4°C - 29,2°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
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 19:53:02 

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Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

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

Similar to Coralliophila violacea, but Coralliophila radula is pear-shaped.

Synonymised names:
Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959
Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)

External links

  1. sealifebasee (en). Abgerufen am 29.11.2023.
  2. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2021.

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Coralliophila radula,Pear-shaped shell,Radula coral shell,46mm, Mactan Island, Philippines 2019
Coralliophila-radula-jj-082106_These three were on a colony of Turbinaria coral.

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