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

Coralliophila africana Smriglio & Mariottini, 2002

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coralliophila*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	accepted genus name
*Murex (Pseudomurex)*	Monterosato, 1872	synonym
*Pseudomurex*	Monterosato, 1872	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Fusomurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Latiromurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym
*Pseudomurex (Lepadomurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym
*Rhizochilus (Coralliophila)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym

Literature

original description	Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P. (2002). Description of two new species of Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 from the African coast: Coralliophila hayesi sp. nov. and Coralliophila africana sp. nov. La Conchiglia. 33(301): 19-22. ["Printed 14 February 2002"].
additional source	Garrigues, B., Swinnen, F. & Ryall, P. (2024). Description of two new species of Coralliophila from São Tomé - Principe and Angola. Xenophora Taxonomy. 42: 29-34.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila africana Smriglio & Mariottini, 2002. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181049