Coralliophila

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Coralliophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[2]

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Coralliophila
Apertural view of a shell of Coralliophila inflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Coralliophila
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Murex neritoideus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Aradasia Settepassi, 1970 (Invalid: junior homonym of Aradasia Gray, 1850 [Trochidae])
  • Aradomurex Coen, 1947 (Not available: no description)
  • Concholepas (Coralliobia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Coralliobia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Coralliophila (Coralliophila) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Latimurex) Coen, 1922 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) Monterosato, 1872 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Coralliophila (Rhombothais) Woolacott, 1954 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Fusomurex Coen, 1922
  • Galeropsis Hupé, 1860
  • Latimurex (misspelling)
  • Latiromurex Coen, 1922
  • Lepadomurex Coen, 1922
  • Murex (Pseudomurex)
  • Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
  • Pseudomurex (Fusomurex) Coen, 1922
  • Pseudomurex (Latiromurex) Coen, 1922
  • Pseudomurex (Lepadomurex) Coen, 1922
  • Quoyula Iredale, 1912
  • Reliquiaecava Massin, 1987
  • Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Rhombothais Woolacott, 1954
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The genus Coralliophila is most probably polyphyletic and should be restricted to the species most closely related to the type species.[3][4] Species in the genus Hirtomurex, situated in the Indo-West Pacific are not clearly distinguishable from the species in the genus Coralliophila sensu lato (in the broad sense) found in the Eastern Atlantic.[5]

Description

The outer and inner lips of the shell are irregular. They are moderate, not produced into an extended process closing the aperture.[6]

Species

Apertural view of a shell of Coralliophila mira

Species within the genus Coralliophila s.l. include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also recognizes the following species with names in current use :[1]

  • Coralliophila morishimai Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966
  • Coralliophila ohmurai Kosuge, 1985
  • Coralliophila tokioi Kosuge, 1985
Subgenus Coralliobia H. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Coralliophila pterigostoma D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1988
Subgenus Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853
Subgenus Coralliofusus Kuroda, 1953
Species brought into synonymy
  • Coralliophila abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Coralliophila galea (Dillwyn, 1823)
  • Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila acuti-tenuitas Settepassi, 1977: synonym of Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845)
  • Coralliophila alboranensis Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003 : synonym of Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832)
  • Coralliophila alucoides (Blainville, 1829): synonym of Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
  • Coralliophila armeniaca D'Attilio & Myers, 1984: synonym of Coralliophila abnormis (E.A. Smith, 1878)
  • Coralliophila asperrima H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Coralliophila scala (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Coralliophila babelis (Requien, 1848): synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Coralliophila barclayana H. Adams, 1873: synonym of Pterymarchia barclayana (H. Adams, 1873)
  • Coralliophila basilium Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978: synonym of Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1963)
  • Coralliophila cantrainei Montrouzier [in Souverbie], 1861: synonym of Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)
  • Coralliophila carinata Koroneos, 1979: synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Coralliophila coronata H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Morula (Habromorula) coronata (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Coralliophila crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Mipus crebrilamellosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913)
  • Coralliophila deburghiae (Reeve, 1857) sensu Dall, 1889: synonym of Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1963)
  • Coralliophila deformis Lamarck:[50] synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila dissimulans Preston, 1904: synonym of Pascula ozenneana (Crosse, 1861)
  • Coralliophila emimarumai Kosuge, 1981 accepted as Coralliophila persica Melvill, 1897
  • Coralliophila fax F. M. Bayer, 1971: synonym of Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971)
  • Coralliophila fontanangioyi Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000  : synonym of Coralliophila fontanangioyae Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000
  • Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, 1977 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila incompta Berry, 1960 : synonym of Attiliosa nodulosa (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Coralliophila indica E.A. Smith, 1899 : synonym of Babelomurex indicus (E.A. Smith, 1899)
  • Coralliophila isosceles Barnard, 1959  : synonym of Mipus isosceles (Barnard, 1959)
  • Coralliophila isshikiensis Shikama, 1971: synonym of Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971)
  • Coralliophila kawamurai Shikama, 1978 : synonym of Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978)
  • Coralliophila lacerata (Deshayes, 1856): synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Coralliophila lactuca Dall, 1889: synonym of Coralliophila richardi (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Coralliophila lamellosa (Philippi, 1836): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
  • Coralliophila latiaxidea Sowerby, 1893 : synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844)
  • Coralliophila madreporarum (Sowerby, 1822):[51] synonym of Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
  • Coralliophila miyukiae Kosuge, 1985: synonym of Mipus miyukiae Kosuge, 1985
  • Coralliophila neritoidea (Lamarck, 1816):[52] synonym of Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836)
  • Coralliophila orbignyana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851):[53] synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987: synonym of Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Coralliophila patula Settepassi, 1977: synonym of Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832)
  • Coralliophila priolana Settepassi, 1971 : synonym of Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856)
  • Coralliophila profundicola Haas, 1949: synonym of Coralliophila aedonia (Watson, 1886)
  • Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959 : synonym of Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Coralliophila retusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Coralliophila costularis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Coralliophila rolani Bogi & Nofroni, 1984 : synonym of Nucella rolani (Bogi & Nofroni, 1984)
  • Coralliophila rosacea (E. A. Smith, 1903): synonym of Mipus rosaceus (E. A. Smith, 1903)
  • Coralliophila scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822):[54] synonym of Babelomurex scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822) (superseded combination)
  • Coralliophila sentix Bayer, 1971: synonym of Babelomurex sentix (Bayer, 1971)
  • Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1925 : synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908)
  • Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838):[55] synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
  • Coralliophila stearnsiana Dall, 1919 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila stearnsii Pilsbry, 1895 : synonym of Coralliophila squamosissima (E.A. Smith, 1876)
  • Coralliophila suturalis A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
  • Coralliophila tomlini van Regteren Altena, 1950 : synonym of Mipus tomlini (van Regteren Altena, 1950)
  • Coralliophila turris Settepassi, 1977: synonym of Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
  • Coralliophila zuluensis Barnard, 1959: synonym of Coralliophila crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913)

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