WoRMS name details
Coralliophila aspera (A. Adams, 1855)
709423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709423)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Babelomurex asper (A. Adams, 1855) · unaccepted
Rhizochilus asper A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Rhizochilus asper A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 137. [details]
page(s): 137. [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of California
type locality contained in Gulf of California [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Keen (1971) noted that no specimens of the species had been reported in recent years and said that "it may well not prove...
Status Keen (1971) noted that no specimens of the species had been reported in recent years and said that "it may well not prove to be West American". [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coralliophila aspera (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709423 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhizochilus asper A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-nine new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 130-138, pl. 28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747527
page(s): 137. [details]
page(s): 137. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
page(s): 545 [details]
page(s): 545 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Keen (1971) noted that no specimens of the species had been reported in recent years and said that "it may well not prove to be West American". [details]
