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''Coralliophila'' is a
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of
sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the
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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails and rock snails. The genus ''Coralliophila'' is most probably
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and should be restricted to the species most closely related to the type species. Species in the genus''
Hirtomurex ''Hirtomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails. Species Species within the ...
'', situated in the Indo-West Pacific are not clearly distinguishable from the species in the genus ''Coralliophila'' ''
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'' (in the broad sense) found in the Eastern Atlantic.


Description

The outer and inner
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s of the shell are irregular. They are moderate, not produced into an extended process closing the
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Species

Species within the genus ''Coralliophila'' s.l. include: * '' Coralliophila aberrans'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) * '' Coralliophila abnormis'' (E.A. Smith, 1878) * '' Coralliophila adansoni'' Kosuge & Fernandes, 1989 * '' Coralliophila aedonia'' (Watson, 1885) * '' Coralliophila africana'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001 * '' Coralliophila ahuiri'' Cossignani, 2009 *'' Coralliophila alboangulata'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Coralliophila amirantium'' E. A. Smith, 1884 * '' Coralliophila andamana'' Melvill, 1889 * † '' Coralliophila angsanana'' K. Martin, 1921 * '' Coralliophila atlantica'' E. A. Smith, 1890 * '' Coralliophila australis'' Oliverio, 2009 * '' Coralliophila basileus'' (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896) * '' Coralliophila bathus'' Oliverio, 2008 * † '' Coralliophila bayeri'' Ladd, 1977 * † '' Coralliophila bracteata'' (Brocchi, 1814) * '' Coralliophila brevis'' (de Blainville, 1832) * '' Coralliophila bulbiformis'' (Conrad, 1837) * † '' Coralliophila burdigalensis'' (Tournouër, 1874) * '' Coralliophila cancellarioidea'' Oliverio, 2008 * '' Coralliophila candidissima'' Oliverio, 2008 * '' Coralliophila caribaea'' Abbott, 1958 * '' Coralliophila carnosa'' Kosuge, 1986 * '' Coralliophila caroleae'' D'Attilio & Myers, 1984 * '' Coralliophila clathrata'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Coralliophila confusa'' Kosuge, 1986 * '' Coralliophila costata'' (Blainville, 1832) * '' Coralliophila costularis'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Coralliophila cumingii'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) * '' Coralliophila curacaoensis'' Potkamp & Hoeksema, 2017 * '' Coralliophila curta'' Sowerby III, 1894 * '' Coralliophila elaborata'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 * '' Coralliophila elvirae'' D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980 * '' Coralliophila erosa'' (Röding, 1798) * '' Coralliophila erythrostoma'' E. A. Smith, 1890 * '' Coralliophila fearnleyi'' (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965) * '' Coralliophila fimbriata'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Coralliophila flava'' Kosuge, 1985 * '' Coralliophila fontanangioyae'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 * '' Coralliophila fragosa'' E.A. Smith, 1910 * '' Coralliophila francoisi'' Bozzetti, 2006 * '' Coralliophila fritschi'' (Martens, 1874) * '' Coralliophila galea'' (Dillwyn, 1823) * '' Coralliophila giton'' (Dautzenberg, 1891) * † '' Coralliophila gracilispira'' O. Boettger, 1906 * † '' Coralliophila granifera'' (Michelotti, 1847) * '' Coralliophila guancha'' Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2003 * '' Coralliophila hayesi'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001 * '' Coralliophila hotei'' Kosuge, 1985 * '' Coralliophila infantula'' Kosuge, 1985 * '' Coralliophila inflata'' (Dunker in Philippi, 1847) * '' Coralliophila jarli'' Knudsen * '' Coralliophila jeffreysi'' E. A. Smith, 1879 * '' Coralliophila juliamoralesae'' Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2002 * † '' Coralliophila kaiparaensis'' (P. Marshall, 1918) * '' Coralliophila kalafuti'' (Petuch, 1987) * '' Coralliophila kaofitorum'' Vega, Vega & Luque, 2002 * '' Coralliophila knudseni'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 * '' Coralliophila latilirata'' Rehder, 1985 * '' Coralliophila leucostoma'' Kosuge, 1986 * '' Coralliophila liltvedi'' Kosuge, 1986 * † '' Coralliophila lividorupis'' (Laws, 1935) * '' Coralliophila luglii'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2011 * '' Coralliophila macleani'' Shasky, 1970 * † '' Coralliophila macneili'' Ladd, 1977 * '' Coralliophila mallicki'' Ladd, 1976 * ''
Coralliophila mandji ''Coralliophila mandji'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Coralliophila mandji'' P. A. Bernard, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
'' P. A. Bernard, 1989 * '' Coralliophila marrati'' Knudsen * '' Coralliophila meyendorffii'' (Calcara, 1845) * '' Coralliophila mira'' (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) * '' Coralliophila mitraeforma'' Kosuge, 1985 * '' Coralliophila monodonta'' (Blainville, 1832) * '' Coralliophila monterosatoi'' (Locard, 1897) * '' Coralliophila nanhaiensis'' Zhang & Wei, 2005 * '' Coralliophila nivea'' (A. Adams, 1853) * '' Coralliophila nodosa'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Coralliophila norfolk'' Oliverio, 2008 * '' Coralliophila nukuhiva'' Oliverio, 2008 * '' Coralliophila nux'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Coralliophila orcuttiana'' Dall, 1919 * '' Coralliophila ovoidea'' (Kosuge, 1985) * '' Coralliophila panormitana'' (Monterosato, 1869) * '' Coralliophila parva'' (E. A. Smith, 1877) * '' Coralliophila parvula'' Bozzetti, 2007 * '' Coralliophila patruelis'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Coralliophila persica'' Melvill, 1897 * '' Coralliophila porphyroleuca'' (Crosse, 1870) * † '' Coralliophila problematica'' K. Martin, 1899 * '' Coralliophila pulchella'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Coralliophila radula'' (A. Adams, 1855) * '' Coralliophila rashafunensis'' Bozzetti, 2018 * † '' Coralliophila renatimagnei'' Magne, 1941 * '' Coralliophila rhomboidea'' Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 * '' Coralliophila richardi'' (Fischer P., 1882) * '' Coralliophila robillardi'' (Liénard, 1870) * '' Coralliophila roseocephala'' Kosuge, 1986 * '' Coralliophila rubrococcinea'' Melvill & Standen, 1901 * † '' Coralliophila sacyi'' (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) * '' Coralliophila salebrosa'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 * '' Coralliophila scala'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Coralliophila scalaris'' (Brocchi, 1814) * '' Coralliophila schioettei'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 * † '' Coralliophila serraticincta'' Bałuk, 1995 * '' Coralliophila sertata'' (Hedley, 1903) * † '' Coralliophila shimajiriensis'' MacNeil, 1961 * '' Coralliophila sofiae'' (Aradas & Benoit, 1876) * † '' Coralliophila sokkohensis'' K. Martin, 1916 * '' Coralliophila solutistoma'' Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966 * '' Coralliophila squamosissima'' (Smith, 1876) * '' Coralliophila squamulosa'' (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65) * '' Coralliophila suduirauti'' Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003 * '' Coralliophila tetragona'' Kosuge, 1986 * '' Coralliophila trigoi'' Mariottini, Smriglio & Rolán 2005 * † '' Coralliophila turneri'' Laws, 1941 * '' Coralliophila vertigo'' (Kosuge, 1986) * '' Coralliophila violacea'' Kiener, 1836 * '' Coralliophila wilsoni'' Pritchard & Gatliff, 1898 * '' Coralliophila xenophila'' Oliverio, 2008 The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also recognizes the following species with names in current use : * '' 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 * '' Coralliophila arabica'' Melvill, 1898 * '' Coralliophila porphyroleuca'' (Crosse, 1870) * '' Coralliophila tetragona'' Kosuge, 1986 ; Subgenus ''Coralliofusus'' Kuroda, 1953 * '' Coralliophila acus'' (Kuroda, 1953) * '' Coralliophila turrita'' Sowerby, 1888 ; 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 n 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: synonym of '' Coralliophila erosa'' (Röding, 1798) * ''Coralliophila dissimulans'' Preston, 1904: synonym of ''
Pascula ozenneana ''Pascula ozenneana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mur ...
'' (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): synonym of '' Coralliophila monodonta'' (Blainville, 1832) * ''Coralliophila miyukiae'' Kosuge, 1985: synonym of '' Mipus miyukiae'' Kosuge, 1985 * ''Coralliophila neritoidea'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of '' Coralliophila violacea'' (Kiener, 1836) * ''Coralliophila orbignyana'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851): 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): 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): 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)


References

* H. & A. Adams, 1853 he Genera of Recent Mollusca, 1: 135; Type fixation discussed by Iredale, 1912, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(3): 221* Kosuge S. & Oliverio M. 2004. ''Three new coralliophiline species from south west Pacific (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Coralliophilinae).'' Journal of Conchology 38 : 147-153, Part 2 * Oliverio M. (2008) ''Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific''. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 485


External links


Oliverio, Marco; Gofas, Serge, ''Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae)'' , Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 79, Number 1, July 2006 , pp. 205-230(26)
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