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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae purpuras, murex and rock shells

Genus: Coralliophila

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56 species (see list below)
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Coralliophila abbreviata(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Coralliophila abbreviata
[Stubby coral snail]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Coralliophila aberrans
[Globose coralsnail]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila abnormis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Coralliophila aedonia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Coralliophila alboangulata
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila amirantium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Coralliophila atlantica
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila brevis
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific.

Coralliophila bulbiformis(Conrad, 1837)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Coralliophila bulbiformis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Coralliophila caribaea
[Caribbean coralsnail]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila caroleae
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila clathrata
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila costata
[California coralsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-Pacific.

Coralliophila costularis(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Coralliophila costularis
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila curta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShH
 
Coralliophila elvirae
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila erosa
[South seas coral shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Coralliophila erythrostoma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Coralliophila fax
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila fimbriata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm DL
 
Coralliophila galea
[Helmet coralsnail]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila infantula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Coralliophila kalafuti
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila latilirata
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila macleani
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila mallicki
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila meyendorffii
[Meyendorff's coral shell]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila mitraeforma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Coralliophila monterosatoi
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 4 cm ShH
Coralliophila neritoidea(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Coralliophila neritoidea
[Purple coral shell]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila nivea
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila nodosa
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila nukuhiva
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Coralliophila nux(Reeve, 1846)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Coralliophila nux
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Coralliophila orcuttianaDall, 1919

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Coralliophila orcuttiana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Coralliophila pacei
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila panormitana
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila parva
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Coralliophila patruelis
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila persica
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila porphyroleuca
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila pulchella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Coralliophila pyritormis
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila radula
[Pear-shaped coral shell]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Coralliophila richardi
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila rubrococcinea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Coralliophila salebrosa
[Panamaic vitularia]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm DL
 
Coralliophila scalariformis
[Staircase coralsnail]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila sertata
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila sofiae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
 
Coralliophila solutistoma
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila squamosissima
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila squamulosa
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila suduirauti
[]
No picture found
 
Coralliophila turrita
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo Pacific. Tropical a

Coralliophila violacea(Kiener, 1836)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Coralliophila violacea
[]


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