''Coryphella'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, specifically aeolid
nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s. It is the only genus in the
family
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Coryphellidae.
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Taxonomy
''Coryphella'' was originally described in an 1850 paper, and included three original species; ''Coryphella landsburgii'', '' Coryphella rufobranchialis'', and '' Coryphella pellucida''.[ The family Coryphellidae was first established in 1889 by ]Rudolph Bergh
Rudolph Bergh (15 October 1824 – 20 July 1909), full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen.
As a doctor his speciality was sexually transmitted diseases. In Copenhagen a hospital a ...
,[ and was re-established in a 2017 study. Molecular studies have found that many existing genera were actually synonymous with ''Coryphella'', leading to many genera being merged.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Coryphella'' are as follows:[Marshall, B.; Picton, B.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2017)]
''Coryphella'' M. E. Gray, 1850.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2025-05-31.
* '' Coryphella abei'' Baba, 1987
* '' Coryphella alexanderi'' Ekimova, 2022
* '' Coryphella amabilis'' (Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991)
* '' Coryphella athadona'' Bergh, 1875
* '' Coryphella borealis'' Odhner, 1922
* '' Coryphella browni'' Picton, 1980
* '' Coryphella californica'' Bergh, 1904
* '' Coryphella capensis'' Thiele, 1925
* '' Coryphella chriskaugei'' (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
* '' Coryphella cooperi'' Cockerell, 1901
* '' Coryphella falklandica'' Eliot, 1907
* '' Coryphella fogata'' (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
* '' Coryphella gracilis'' (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
* '' Coryphella insolita'' (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989)
* '' Coryphella lineata'' (Lovén, 1846)
* '' Coryphella monicae'' (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
* '' Coryphella nobilis'' A. E. Verrill, 1880
* '' Coryphella orjani'' (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
* '' Coryphella pallida'' A. E. Verrill, 1900
* '' Coryphella sanamyanae'' (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
* '' Coryphella trilineata'' O'Donoghue, 1921
* '' Coryphella trophina'' (Bergh, 1890)
* '' Coryphella verrucosa'' (M. Sars, 1829)
* '' Coryphella verta'' Ev. Marcus, 1970
File:Flabellina-verrucosa-spawn-911.jpg, ''Coryphella verrucosa'', spawn, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
File:Flabellina-verrucosa-912.jpg, ''Coryphella verrucosa'', Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
File:Flabellina verrucosa 001.jpg, ''Coryphella verrucosa,'' British Columbia
File:Flabellina verrucosa.jpg, ''Coryphella verrucosa,'' Kenai Fjords national Park, Alaska
References
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Coryphellidae
Gastropod families
Monogeneric gastropod families
Gastropod genera