Coralliophila

Coralliophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails. The genus Coralliophila is most probably polyphyletic and should be restricted to the species most closely related to the type species. Species in the genus Hirtomurex, situated in the Indo-West Pacific are not clearly distinguishable from the species in the genus Coralliophila sensu lato (in the broad sense) found in the Eastern Atlantic. Species within the genus Coralliophila s.l. include: The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also recognizes the following species with names in current use : The database of the Western Atlantic Marina Mollusca also mention the following species :