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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Coronium |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Coronium elegans Simone, 1996[1]
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Description
editShell size 73 mm.
Distribution
editWestern Atlantic, trawled at 100-150 m. off Santa Catarina, Brazil.
References
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- Coronium elegans Simone, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
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