Galapagos Species Database
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Coralliophila parva
pequeño caracol de coral, Little coralsnail
Length: 10 to 24 mm; diameter: 7 to 15 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Muricoidea
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Coralliophila
Species
parva
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 1925, 110442, 110736, 123793, 157261, ANSP: 81847 (misidentified as C. nux (Reeve)), LACM: 66-120 (misidentified as C. nux (Reeve)), 66-212 (misidentif. as C. nux (Reeve), partim), AHF 27-33, AHF 202-34, BMNH: 1876.6.28.9 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), MHNG: 964-133, 993-172, CDRS: 703 ?, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
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- Smith, E.A. (1877) Mollusca. In: Günther, A.: Account of the zoological collections made during the visit of H.M.S. "Petrel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1877): 69-73, 91-93.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Coralliophila parva", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8110. Accessed 8 June 2026.