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.
The genus Coralliophila is most probably polyphyletic and should be restricted to the species most closely related to the type species.[Oliverio M. and P. Mariottini. 2001a. A molecular framework for the phylogeny of Coralliophila and related muricoids. J. Moll. Stud. 67: 215–224.Oliverio M. M. Cervelli, and P. Mariottini. 2002. ITS2 rRNA evolution and its congruence with the phylogeny of muricid neogastropods (Caenogastropoda, Muricoidea) Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 25: 63–69. 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. Oliverio, Marco; Gofas, Serge, Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae), Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 79, Number 1, July 2006, pp. 205-230(26)
Description The outer and inner lips of the shell are irregular. They are moderate, not produced into an extended process closing the aperture.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Species
Species within the genus Coralliophila s.l. include:
Coralliophila aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850) Coralliophila abnormis (E.A. Smith, 1878) Coralliophila adansoni Kosuge & Fernandes, 1989 Coralliophila aedonia (Watson, 1885) Coralliophila africana Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001 Coralliophila ahuiri Cossignani, 2009 Coralliophila alboangulata (E. A. Smith, 1890) Coralliophila alexpoppei Poppe & Tagaro, 2026 (original description) Coralliophila amirantium E. A. Smith, 1884 Coralliophila andamana Melvill, 1889 † Coralliophila angsanana K. Martin, 1921 Coralliophila atlantica E. A. Smith, 1890 Coralliophila australis Oliverio, 2009 Coralliophila basileus (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896) Coralliophila bathus Oliverio, 2008 † Coralliophila bayeri Ladd, 1977 † Coralliophila bracteata (Brocchi, 1814) Coralliophila brevis (de Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) † Coralliophila burdigalensis (Tournouër, 1874) Coralliophila cancellarioidea Oliverio, 2008 Coralliophila candidissima Oliverio, 2008 Coralliophila caribaea Abbott, 1958 Coralliophila carnosa Kosuge, 1986 Coralliophila caroleae D'Attilio & Myers, 1984 Coralliophila clathrata (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila confusa Kosuge, 1986 Coralliophila costata (Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila costularis (Lamarck, 1816) Coralliophila cumingii (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) Coralliophila curacaoensis Potkamp & Hoeksema, 2017 Coralliophila curta Sowerby III, 1894 Coralliophila elaborata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 Coralliophila elvirae D'Attilio & Emerson, 1980 Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) Coralliophila erythrostoma E. A. Smith, 1890 Coralliophila fearnleyi (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1965) Coralliophila fimbriata (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila flava Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila fontanangioyae Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 Coralliophila fragosa E.A. Smith, 1910 Coralliophila francoisi Bozzetti, 2006 Coralliophila fritschi (Martens, 1874) Coralliophila galea (Dillwyn, 1823) Coralliophila giton (Dautzenberg, 1891) † Coralliophila gracilispira O. Boettger, 1906 † Coralliophila granifera (Michelotti, 1847) Coralliophila guancha Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2003 Coralliophila hayesi Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001 Coralliophila hotei Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila infantula Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila inflata (Dunker in Philippi, 1847) Coralliophila jarli Knudsen Coralliophila jeffreysi E. A. Smith, 1879 Coralliophila juliamoralesae Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2002 Coralliophila kaikonoi Poppe & Tagaro, 2026 † Coralliophila kaiparaensis (P. Marshall, 1918) Coralliophila kalafuti (Petuch, 1987) Coralliophila kaofitorum Vega, Vega & Luque, 2002 Coralliophila knudseni Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 Coralliophila latilirata Rehder, 1985 Coralliophila leucostoma Kosuge, 1986 Coralliophila liltvedi Kosuge, 1986 † Coralliophila lividorupis (Laws, 1935) Coralliophila luglii Smriglio & Mariottini, 2011 Coralliophila macleani Shasky, 1970 † Coralliophila macneili Ladd, 1977 Coralliophila mallicki Ladd, 1976 Coralliophila mandji P. A. Bernard, 1989 Coralliophila marrati Knudsen Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845) Coralliophila mira (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) Coralliophila mitraeforma Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila monterosatoi (Locard, 1897) Coralliophila nanhaiensis Zhang & Wei, 2005 Coralliophila nivea (A. Adams, 1853) Coralliophila nodosa (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila norfolk Oliverio, 2008 Coralliophila nukuhiva Oliverio, 2008 Coralliophila nux (Reeve, 1846) Coralliophila orcuttiana Dall, 1919 Coralliophila ovoidea (Kosuge, 1985) Coralliophila panormitana (Monterosato, 1869) Coralliophila parva (E. A. Smith, 1877) Coralliophila parvula Bozzetti, 2007 Coralliophila patruelis (E. A. Smith, 1890) Coralliophila persica Melvill, 1897 Coralliophila porphyroleuca (Crosse, 1870) † Coralliophila problematica K. Martin, 1899 Coralliophila pulchella (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855) Coralliophila rashafunensis Bozzetti, 2018 † Coralliophila renatimagnei Magne, 1941 Coralliophila rhomboidea Kosuge & Oliverio, 2004 Coralliophila richardi (Fischer P., 1882) Coralliophila robillardi (Liénard, 1870) Coralliophila roseocephala Kosuge, 1986 Coralliophila rubrococcinea Melvill & Standen, 1901 † Coralliophila sacyi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) Coralliophila salebrosa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 Coralliophila scala (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila scalaris (Brocchi, 1814) Coralliophila schioettei Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 † Coralliophila serraticincta Bałuk, 1995 Coralliophila sertata (Hedley, 1903) † Coralliophila shimajiriensis MacNeil, 1961 Coralliophila sofiae (Aradas & Benoit, 1876) † Coralliophila sokkohensis K. Martin, 1916 Coralliophila solutistoma Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966 Coralliophila squamosissima (Smith, 1876) Coralliophila squamulosa (Reeve, 1846 in 1843-65) Coralliophila suduirauti Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003 Coralliophila tetragona Kosuge, 1986 Coralliophila trigoi Mariottini, Smriglio & Rolán 2005 † Coralliophila turneri Laws, 1941 Coralliophila vertigo (Kosuge, 1986) Coralliophila violacea Kiener, 1836 Coralliophila wilsoni Pritchard & Gatliff, 1898 Coralliophila xenophila Oliverio, 2008
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also recognizes the following species with names in current use : Coralliophila morishimai Kuroda & Shikama in Shikama, 1966 Coralliophila ohmurai Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila tokioi Kosuge, 1985 Subgenus Coralliobia H. & A. Adams, 1853 Coralliophila pterigostoma D'Attilio & Kosuge, 1988 Subgenus Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853 Coralliophila arabica Melvill, 1898 Coralliophila porphyroleuca (Crosse, 1870) Coralliophila tetragona Kosuge, 1986 Subgenus Coralliofusus Kuroda, 1953 Coralliophila acus (Kuroda, 1953) Coralliophila turrita Sowerby, 1888
Species brought into synonymy
Coralliophila abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Coralliophila galea (Dillwyn, 1823) Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) Coralliophila acuti-tenuitas Settepassi, 1977: synonym of Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845) Coralliophila alboranensis Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003 : synonym of Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila alucoides (Blainville, 1829): synonym of Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) Coralliophila armeniaca D'Attilio & Myers, 1984: synonym of Coralliophila abnormis (E.A. Smith, 1878) Coralliophila asperrima H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Coralliophila scala (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila babelis (Requien, 1848): synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834) Coralliophila barclayana H. Adams, 1873: synonym of Pterymarchia barclayana (H. Adams, 1873) Coralliophila basilium Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978: synonym of Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1963) Coralliophila cantrainei Montrouzier [in Souverbie], 1861: synonym of Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) Coralliophila carinata Koroneos, 1979: synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834) Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791) Coralliophila coronata H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Morula (Habromorula) coronata (H. Adams, 1869) Coralliophila crebrilamellosa (G.B. Sowerby III, 1913): synonym of Mipus crebrilamellosus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913) Coralliophila deburghiae (Reeve, 1857) sensu Dall, 1889: synonym of Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1963) Coralliophila deformis Lamarck: synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) Coralliophila dissimulans Preston, 1904: synonym of Pascula ozenneana (Crosse, 1861) Coralliophila emimarumai Kosuge, 1981 accepted as Coralliophila persica Melvill, 1897 Coralliophila fax F. M. Bayer, 1971: synonym of Babelomurex fax (F. M. Bayer, 1971) Coralliophila fontanangioyi Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 : synonym of Coralliophila fontanangioyae Smriglio & Mariottini, 2000 Coralliophila groschi Kilburn, 1977 : synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) Coralliophila incompta Berry, 1960 : synonym of Attiliosa nodulosa (A. Adams, 1854) Coralliophila indica E.A. Smith, 1899 : synonym of Babelomurex indicus (E.A. Smith, 1899) Coralliophila isosceles Barnard, 1959 : synonym of Mipus isosceles (Barnard, 1959) Coralliophila isshikiensis Shikama, 1971: synonym of Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971) Coralliophila kawamurai Shikama, 1978 : synonym of Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978) Coralliophila lacerata (Deshayes, 1856): synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (Sowerby, 1834) Coralliophila lactuca Dall, 1889: synonym of Coralliophila richardi (P. Fischer, 1882) Coralliophila lamellosa (Philippi, 1836): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) Coralliophila latiaxidea Sowerby, 1893 : synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) Coralliophila madreporarum (Sowerby, 1822): synonym of Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila miyukiae Kosuge, 1985: synonym of Mipus miyukiae Kosuge, 1985 Coralliophila neritoidea (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Coralliophila orbignyana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851): synonym of Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798) Coralliophila pacei Petuch, 1987: synonym of Babelomurex pacei (Petuch, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination) Coralliophila patula Settepassi, 1977: synonym of Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832) Coralliophila priolana Settepassi, 1971 : synonym of Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856) Coralliophila profundicola Haas, 1949: synonym of Coralliophila aedonia (Watson, 1886) Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959 : synonym of Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855) Coralliophila retusa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863 : synonym of Coralliophila costularis (Lamarck, 1816) Coralliophila rolani Bogi & Nofroni, 1984 : synonym of Nucella rolani (Bogi & Nofroni, 1984) Coralliophila rosacea (E. A. Smith, 1903): synonym of Mipus rosaceus (E. A. Smith, 1903) Coralliophila scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Babelomurex scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822) (superseded combination) Coralliophila sentix Bayer, 1971: synonym of Babelomurex sentix (Bayer, 1971) Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1925 : synonym of Babelomurex spinosus (Hirase, 1908) Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838): synonym of Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)