Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Fionoidea > Family Coryphellidae > Genus Coryphella

Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eolis Cuvier, 1805

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coryphella*	J. E. Gray, 1850	accepted genus name
*Borealea*	Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017	synonym
*Fjordia*	Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017	synonym
*Gulenia*	Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017	synonym
*Microchlamylla*	Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017	synonym

Species group names

*Coryphella rufibranchialis var. clavigera*	Odhner, 1929	synonym
*Eolis smaragdina*	Alder & Hancock, 1851	synonym
*Flabellina gracilis*	(Alder & Hancock, 1844)	synonym
*Microchlamylla gracilis*	(Alder & Hancock, 1844)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: sierlijke knotsslak; slanke waaierslak

Literature

basis of record	Ekimova, I.; Valdés, Á.; Malaquias, M. A. E.; Rauch, C.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Mikhlina, A.; Antokhina, T.; Chichvarkhina, O.; Schepetov, D. (2022). High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844). 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:139981