African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

WoRMS taxon details

Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855)

AphiaID

208127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208127)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Original name

Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) radula A. Adams, 1855

Synonymised names

Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) radula A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Rhizochilus radula A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) radula A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 137-138. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila radula (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208127 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-19 08:41:03Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-12-04 07:34:51Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-11 20:30:47Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-08-23 20:50:34Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Coralliophila pyriformis Kira, 1959) Kira T. (1959). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan. (2nd ed., first printing), Hoikusha, Japan, [6] + vii + [1] + 239 pp., 71 pls. [details]

original description (of Rhizochilus (Coralliophila) radula A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 137-138. [details]

basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 485 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. [details]

identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Marshall, B. A. & Oliverio, M. (2009). The Recent Coralliophilinae of the New Zealand region, with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Molluscan Research. 29 (3): 155-173. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors