Coronium elegans
Coronium elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is found off the southeastern coast of Brazil.
| Coronium elegans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Coronium |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Coronium elegans Simone, 1996[1] | |
Description
Shell size 73 mm.
Distribution
Western Atlantic, trawled at 100-150 m. off Santa Catarina, Brazil.
References
- Coronium, a new genus of Muricidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) from off the southeastern coast of Brazil, with description of two new species. LRL Simone - Bulletin of Marine Science, 1996
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