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Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850 
AphiaID: 206572

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Coralliophilinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Coralliophilinae Chenu, 1859
Synonymised
taxa		  Rapana (Rhizochilus) Steenstrup, 1850
Source  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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[show all]		 Species Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850

Subgenus Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) accepted as Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  » Species Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) squamosissimus E. A. Smith, 1876 represented as Rhizochilus squamosissimus E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Coralliophila squamosissima (E. A. Smith, 1876) (alternate representation)
Species Rhizochilus asper A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Coralliophila aspera (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Rhizochilus exaratus Pease, 1861 accepted as Coralliophila erosa (Röding, 1798)
Species Rhizochilus madreporarum Sowerby accepted as Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
Species Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Rhizochilus squamosissimus E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Coralliophila squamosissima (E. A. Smith, 1876)
Species Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953 accepted as Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206572
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2001-11-17 14:06:08Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-01-27 19:11:38Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Rhizochilus Steenstrup, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206572 on 2013-05-22
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