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Coronium elegans

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Coronium elegans
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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.

Description

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Shell size 73 mm.

Distribution

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Western Atlantic, trawled at 100-150 m. off Santa Catarina, Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ 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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