Coralliophila | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Coralliophila inflata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
Genus: | Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Murex neritoideus Gmelin, 1791 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
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]
The outer and inner lips of the shell are irregular. They are moderate, not produced into an extended process closing the aperture. [6]
Species within the genus Coralliophila s.l. include:
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also recognizes the following species with names in current use : [1]
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