Coralliophila erosa
- Usual depth1–37 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, July, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Coralliophila erosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Coralliophila erosa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 9 records
- February: 13 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–37 m · Deepest record: 57 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- カブトサンゴヤドリ
- Korean
- 투구산호살이고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 大肚珊瑚螺
Other scientific names: Cantharus erosus, Coralliophila (Coralliophila) erosa, Coralliophila (Liniaxis) groschi, Coralliophila abbreviata, Coralliophila deformis, Coralliophila groschi, Coralliophila orbignyana, Coralliophila stearnsiana, Murex plicatus, Muricidea lata, Purpura trichotropoides, Pyrula abbreviata, Pyrula deformis, Rapana (Rhizochilus) coralliophila, Rapana (Rhizochilus) fragilis, Rapana coralliophila, Rapana fragilis, Rapana suturalis, Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) suturalis, Rhizochilus exaratus, Trichotropis dorbignyanum
Similar species
Purple coral snailCoralliophila violacea
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 193 open-data records from 1952 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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