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 meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

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 acuti-tenuitas*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila meyendorffii elongata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila meyendorffii inflata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila meyendorffii serrata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila meyendorffii squamulata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila scalaris*	(Brocchi, 1814) sensu Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Pleurotomoides obliquispira*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym
*Pseudomurex meyendorffii*	(Calcara, 1845)	synonym

Children

Pseudomurex meyendorffii var. caprensis Bellini, 1929

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lamellose coral shell; lamellose coralsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Lamellen-Korallengast; Lamellenschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Κοραλλοκόχυλο

Literature

basis of record	Garrigues, B., Lamy, D. & Zuccon, D. (2022). The Coralliophilinae from the Antilles and French Guiana with the description of six new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 37: 4-53.
additional source	Kilburn, R. N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum. 21(2): 391-437.
additional source	Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
additional source	Pavia G., Dulai A., Festa A., Gennari R., Pavia M. & Carnevale G. (2022). Palaeontology of the Upper Pliocene marine deposits of Rio Vaccaruzza, Villalvernia (Piedmont, NW Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 128(1): 129-210.
additional source	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845). 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:139399