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 guancha Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2003

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

Species group names

*Coralliophila ahuiri*	T. Cossignani, 2009	synonym

Literature

original description	Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P.; Engl, W. (2003). Description of a new species of Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859 from the Canary Islands: Coralliophila guancha sp. nov. La Conchiglia. 308: 39-42.
additional source	Cilia, D.P., Nappo, A. & Cardona, S. (2024). A find of Coralliophila guancha Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2003 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Maltese waters. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Malta. 1(1): 25-29.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila guancha Smriglio, Mariottini & Engl, 2003. 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:181051