Species Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cantharus erosa Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [133].
• Pyrula abbreviatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [8, pl. 436].
• Murex plicatus Wood, W. 1818. Index testaceologicus; or a catalogue of shells, British and foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system; with the Latin and English names. references to figures, and places where found. London : Privately printed 38 pls, 189. [124].
• Pyrula deformis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [146].
• Trichotropis dorbignyanum Petit de la Saussaye, M.S. 1851. Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 259-269 [261, pl. 7, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN, Pacific Ocean.
• Rapana fragilis Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of New species of Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia and Tiara in the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853: 94-99 [Date published July 1854] [98].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1984100, Philippines.
• Rapana coralliophila Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of New species of Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia and Tiara in the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853: 94-99 [Date published July 1854] [98].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1984111, Isle of Ticao, on reefs at low water.
• Rapana suturalis Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of New species of Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia and Tiara in the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853: 94-99 [Date published July 1854] [98].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1984-113, Bulusan, Province of Albay, Island of Luzon, Philippines.
• Rhizochilus exarata Pease, W.H. 1861. Descriptions of seventeen new species of marine shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of Hugh Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 397-400 [399].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1961177, Sandwich Islands.
• Coralliophila stearnsiana Dall, W.H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the US National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2295): 293-371 [339].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 46377, Lower California.
• Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, R.N. 1977. Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1): 173-214 [190].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NM H382, Mozambique Basin.

 

Generic Combinations

• Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [17, pl. 7, figs 8a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaii

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [315]

Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [77]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [255] (fig. 90A as Coralliophila d'orbignyana fig. 90B as Coralliophila erosa)

Kosuge, S. & Suzuki, M. 1985. Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups. Family Coralliophilidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1: 1-83 [32, pl. 38, figs 1-11, pl. 46, fig. 6]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [17, pl. 7, figs 8a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	22-Feb-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		12-Oct-2011	ADDED
		06-Oct-2011	MODIFIED