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Coralliophila

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Description

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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coralliophila, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2302886	https://www.gbif.org/species/2302886
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10970	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10970

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Coralliophila

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Coralliophilinae	Chenu 1859
genus	Coralliophila	H.Adams & A.Adams 1853

Scientific Name

Coralliophila H.Adams & A.Adams, 1853

Name Published In

Gen. Rec. Moll., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Coralliophilidae	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Magilidae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Coralliophilinae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Coralliophilidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Coralliophilidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Landau et al., 2007
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Coralliophilinae	stated with evidence	Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010
Coralliophila	genus	belongs to Muricidae	stated without evidence	Darragh, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (83%)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Muricidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Muricidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coralliophila

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hirtomurex genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila (Coralliophila) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	13.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila (Fuxomurex) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila (Pseudomurex) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		7	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila abberans species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila aberrans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila abnormis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila adansoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila aedonia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila africana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila ahuiri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila alasaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila alboangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila amirantium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila andamana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila arabica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila aspera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila asperrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila atlantica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila basileus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila bathus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila bayeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila bracteata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila brevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila bulbiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila burdigalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila californica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila cancellarioidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila candidissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila caribaea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila carnosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila caroleae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila clathrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila confragosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila confusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila costata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila costularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila curacaoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila curta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila elaborata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila elvirae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila erosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila erythrostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila fearnleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila fimbriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila flava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila fontanangioyae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila fragosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila francoisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila fritschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila galea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila giton species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila guancha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila hayesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila hotei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila infantula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila iwaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila jarli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila jeffreysi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila juliamoralesae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila kaiparaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila kalafuti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila kaofitorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila klostermanni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Coralliophila knudseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila latilirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila leonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila leucostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila lividorupis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila luglii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila macleani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila macneili species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila mallicki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila mandji species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila marrati species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila meyendorffii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila miocenica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Coralliophila mira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila mitraeforma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila monodonta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila nanhaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila neritoidea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Coralliophila nivea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila nodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila norfolk species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila nukuhiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila nux species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila oldroydi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila orcuttiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila ovoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila pacei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila panormitana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila parvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila patruelis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila persica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila porphyroleuca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila radula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila rashafunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila rhomboidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila robillardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila rocasuciae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila roseocephala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila rubrococcinea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila salebrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila scala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila scalariformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila scalaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila schioettei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila scuamalosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila senticosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila sertata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila shimajiriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila sofiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila solutistoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila squamoissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila squamosissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila squamulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila suduirauti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila trigoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila turneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila turrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila undosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila vertigo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila violacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila wilsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliophila xenophila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Purpura miocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Latiromurex Coen, 1922	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Latiromurex*
Corallyophila Gregorio, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Corallyophila*
Coralliophora Dall, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Coralliophora*
Latimurex	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Latimurex*
Lovalliophila Clessin, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Lovalliophila*
Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Pseudomurex*
Lepadomurex Coen, 1922	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Lepadomurex*
Aradasia Settepassi, 1970	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Aradasia*
Quoyula Iredale, 1912	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Quoyula*
Aradomurex Coen, 1947	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Aradomurex*
Reliquiaecava Massin, 1987	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Reliquiaecava*
Galeropsis Hupé, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Galeropsis*
Corallioba Schaufuss, 1869	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Corallioba*
Coralliobia H.Adams & A.Adams, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Coralliobia*
Rhombothais Woolacott, 1954	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Rhombothais*
Fusomurex Coen, 1922	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : *Fusomurex*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Coralliophila Adams and Adams
1904	Coralliophila Martin p. 211
1960	Coralliophila MacNeil p. 66
1977	Coralliophila Ladd p. 41
1982	Coralliophila Ladd p. 43
1994	Coralliophila Wilson p. 16

Year	Name and Author
2001	Coralliophila Todd
2001	Coralliophila Wienrich p. 473
2002	Coralliophila Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Coralliophila Landau et al. p. 60
2010	Coralliophila Landau and Marques da Silva p. 68
2017	Coralliophila Darragh p. 78

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Landau B., Houart R., et al (2007) The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 7: Muricidae, Palaeontos 11, 1-87

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

Darragh T. A. (2017) Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum 32, 29-100 doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.029-100

Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Rec. Moll., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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