MolluscaBase taxon details

Coryphella J. E. Gray, 1850

138018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138018)

accepted
Genus
Borealia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Borealia Maksimova, 1977 [Trilobita]; Borealea is a replacement name
Corrupta Korshunova, Fletcher & Martynov, 2025 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Himatella Bergh, 1890 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Himatella Zittel, 1878 [Porifera]; Himatina is a replacement name
Himatina Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Occidentella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Occidentella Hoffmann, 1929 [Gastropoda, Onchidiidae]; Occidenthella is a replacement name
Orientella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Orientella Repina & Okunaeva, 1969 [Trilobita]; Orienthella is a replacement name
Portorchardia Korshunova, Fletcher & Martynov, 2025 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Species Coryphella abei Baba, 1987
  2. Species Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022
  3. Species Coryphella amabilis (Y. Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991)
  4. Species Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
  5. Species Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
  6. Species Coryphella browni Picton, 1980
  7. Species Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904
  8. Species Coryphella candela (Korshunova, Fletcher & Martynov, 2025)
  9. Species Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925
  10. Species Coryphella cerverai (M. A. Fischer, van der Velde & Roubos, 2007)
  11. Species Coryphella chriskaugei (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
  12. Species Coryphella cooperi T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901
  13. Species Coryphella dana (Millen & Hamann, 2006)
  14. Species Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907
  15. Species Coryphella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
  16. Species Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  17. Species Coryphella insolita (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989)
  18. Species Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
  19. Species Coryphella longicaudata O'Donoghue, 1922
  20. Species Coryphella monicae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
  21. Species Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  22. Species Coryphella orjani (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
  23. Species Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900
  24. Species Coryphella piunca Er. Marcus, 1961
  25. Species Coryphella pseudoverrucosa Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
  26. Species Coryphella sanamyanae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
  27. Species Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921
  28. Species Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  29. Species Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
  30. Species Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970
  31. Species Coryphella alderi A. Adams, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  32. Species Coryphella albomarginata M. C. Miller, 1971 accepted as Coryphellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Coryphella beaumonti Eliot, 1906 accepted as Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906)
  34. Species Coryphella bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted combination)
  35. Species Coryphella cynara Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Kynaria cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  36. Species Coryphella dushia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963 accepted as Edmundsella dushia (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Coryphella fisheri MacFarland, 1966 accepted as Orienthella piunca (Er. Marcus, 1961) accepted as Coryphella piunca Er. Marcus, 1961
  38. Species Coryphella fusca O'Donoghue, 1921 accepted as Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  39. Species Coryphella islandica Odhner, 1937 accepted as Chlamylla islandica (Odhner, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Coryphella japonica Volodchenko, 1941 accepted as Ziminella japonica (Volodchenko, 1941)
  41. Species Coryphella laevidens Knipowitsch, 1902 accepted as Ziminella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)
  42. Species Coryphella mananensis (W. Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Coryphella ornata Risbec, 1928 accepted as Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
  44. Species Coryphella parva M. Hadfield, 1963 accepted as Chlamylla parva (M. Hadfield, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Coryphella pedata (Montagu, 1816) accepted as Edmundsella pedata (Montagu, 1816)
  46. Species Coryphella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843) accepted as Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Coryphella polaris Volodchenko, 1946 accepted as Chlamylla polaris (Volodchenko, 1946) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Coryphella pricei MacFarland, 1966 accepted as Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)
  49. Species Coryphella robusta Trinchese, 1874 accepted as Flabellina verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) accepted as Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) (synonym)
  50. Species Coryphella rufibranchialis (G. Johnston, 1832) accepted as Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Coryphella rutila A. E. Verrill, 1879 accepted as Carronella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843) accepted as Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Coryphella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Ziminella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838) (unaccepted combination)
  53. Species Coryphella sarsi Friele, 1903 accepted as Borealea nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  54. Species Coryphella stimpsoni (A. E. Verrill, 1879) accepted as Ziminella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090
page(s): 109 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Coryphella J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138018 on 2026-07-09
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-09-08 06:50:23Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2012-04-30 14:14:36Z
changed
2017-11-30 14:53:29Z
changed
2017-12-04 22:51:26Z
changed
2018-03-29 08:54:50Z
changed
2019-02-17 18:14:53Z
changed
2026-05-20 11:59:45Z
changed

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


original description Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090
page(s): 109 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Himatina Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 453 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Himatella Bergh, 1890) Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 5(1): 1-75., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9981728
page(s): 36 [details] 

original description (of Fjordia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Gulenia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Itaxia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Microchlamylla Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Borealea Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 725: 139-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.23022
page(s): 140 [details] 

original description (of Orienthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 725: 139-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.23022
note: Correction of name Orientella to Orienthella due to homonymy of Orientella [details] 

original description (of Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 725: 139-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.23022
page(s): 140 [details] 

original description (of Orientella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885
page(s): 43 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Occidentella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885
page(s): 42 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Borealia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885
page(s): 27 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Portorchardia Korshunova, Fletcher & Martynov, 2025) Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 80-81 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Corrupta Korshunova, Fletcher & Martynov, 2025) Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Ekimova, I.; Valdés, Á.; Malaquias, M. A. E.; Rauch, C.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Mikhlina, A.; Antokhina, T.; Chichvarkhina, O.; Schepetov, D. (2022). High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab109 [details] 

status source Ekimova, I.; Carmona, L.; Mikhlina, A. L.; Grishina, D.; Stanovova, M. V.; Schepetov, D. M.; Hoover, C.; De Souza-Canal, J.; Kuznetsov, K. O.; Valdés, Á. (2026). Neither “lumpers” nor “splitters”: A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). <em>PLOS One.</em> 21(5): e0347759., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347759 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
    Definitions

Loading...


This service is powered by LifeWatch Belgium
Learn more»
Website and databases developed and hosted by Flanders Marine Institute · Page generated on 2026-07-12 22:48:28+02:00  · Contact: Data Management Team