MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859

ERMS taxon details

Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859

AphiaID

411789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411789)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859

Synonymised names

Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Babelomurex Coen, 1922
Genus Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Genus Hirtomurex Coen, 1922
Genus Latiaxis Swainson, 1840
Genus Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872 accepted as Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859) Chenu, J. C. (1859). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique. Vol. 1: vii + 508 pp. Paris: Masson.
page(s): 172 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411789 on 2026-01-30

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411789 on 2026-01-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-08-14 07:25:27Z

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db_admin

2010-12-04 07:34:51Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-06-06 04:43:38Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859) Chenu, J. C. (1859). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique. Vol. 1: vii + 508 pp. Paris: Masson.
page(s): 172 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To Genbank (from synonym Coralliophilidae Chenu, 1859)