Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Coralliophilinae > Genus Coralliophila

Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coralliophila*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	accepted genus name
*Murex (Pseudomurex)*		synonym
*Pseudomurex*	Monterosato, 1872	synonym

Species group names

*Purpura brevis*	Blainville, 1832	basionym
*Coralliophila alboranensis*	Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003	synonym
*Coralliophila patula*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Purpura brevis*	Blainville, 1832	synonym
*Pyrula borbonica*	Maravigna, 1842	synonym
*Pyrula santangeli*	Maravigna, 1840	synonym
*Pyrula squamulata*	Philippi, 1836	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Σγουρό κοραλλοκόχυλο

Literature

original description	Blainville H. de (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholepas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1: 75 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Coralliophila brevis. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139398