Genus Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coralliophila Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [135] [type fixation discussed by Iredale, 1912, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10(3): 221].

  Type species:

   Purpura neritoides Lamarck, 1822 by subsequent designation (Cossmann, 1903, Essais de paléoconchologie comparée, 5: 83).
• Coralliobia Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [138].
• Galeropsis Hupé, L.H. 1860. Observation d'un mode particulier de parasitissme offert par un mollusque gastéropode du genre Stylifer. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2nd Series 1860: 118-125 [125].
• Pseudomurex Monterosato, T.M.A. 1872. Notizie intorno alle conchiglie fossili di Monte Pellegrino e Ficarazzi. Palermo pp. 1–44. [15].
• Quoyula Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [221].

  Type species:

   Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 by original designation.
• Latiromurex Coen, G. 1922. Del genere Pseudomurex, (Monterosata, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 61: 68-71 [70].

  Type species:

   Pseudomurex meyendorffi Calcara by original designation.
• Lepadomurex Coen, G. 1922. Del genere Pseudomurex, (Monterosata, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 61: 68-71.

  Type species:

   Lepadomurex brevis de Blainville by original designation.
• Rhombothais Woolacott, L. 1954. New shells from N.S.W. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954: 37-39 [38].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. pp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Bouchet, P. & Gofas, S. 2010. Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137837 (Accessed on 2017-06-13)

Marshall, B.A. & Oliverio, M. 2009. The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Molluscan Research 29: 155-173 [159]

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. pp.

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [16]

 

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	(import)