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 richardi (P. Fischer, 1882)

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 lactuca*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Murex richardi*	P. Fischer, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296.
additional source	Oliverio M. & Gofas S. (2006). Coralliophiline diversity at mid-Atlantic seamounts (Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Coralliophilinae). Bulletin of Marine Science 79(1): 205-230

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila richardi (P. Fischer, 1882). 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:139401