Coryphella

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title: "Coryphella" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["coryphellidae", "gastropod-families", "monogeneric-gastropod-families", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/coryphellidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphella" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Flabellina trilineata from Monterey, California.jpg | image_caption = Coryphella trilineata | parent_authority = Bergh, 1889 | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Coryphella | authority = M.E. Gray, 1850 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

• Borealea Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Borealia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Fjordia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Gulenia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Himatella Bergh, 1890
• Himatina Thiele, 1931
• Itaxia Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Microchlamylla Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Occidentella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Orientella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Orienthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Coryphella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs. It is the only genus in the family Coryphellidae.

Taxonomy

Coryphella was originally described in an 1850 paper, and included three original species; Coryphella landsburgii, Coryphella rufobranchialis, and Coryphella pellucida. Molecular studies have found that many existing genera were actually synonymous with Coryphella, leading to many genera being merged.

Species

Species within the genus Coryphella are as follows:

• Coryphella abei Baba, 1987
• Coryphella alexanderi Ekimova, 2022
• Coryphella amabilis (Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991)
• Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
• Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
• Coryphella browni Picton, 1980
• Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904
• Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925
• Coryphella chriskaugei (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella cooperi Cockerell, 1901
• Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907
• Coryphella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
• Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
• Coryphella insolita (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989)
• Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
• Coryphella monicae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
• Coryphella orjani (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900
• Coryphella sanamyanae (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
• Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921
• Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
• Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
• Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970

File:Flabellina-verrucosa-spawn-911.jpg|Coryphella verrucosa, spawn, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway File:Flabellina-verrucosa-912.jpg|Coryphella verrucosa, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway File:Flabellina verrucosa 001.jpg|Coryphella verrucosa, British Columbia File:Flabellina verrucosa.jpg|Coryphella verrucosa, Kenai Fjords national Park, Alaska

References

References

1. Winckworth, R.. (21 May 1946). "On Bergh's Malacologische Untersuchungen". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.
2. Gray, Maria Emma. (1859). "Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors". Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans.
3. Bouchet, Phillipe. (2019). "Coryphella".
4. 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).]] ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
5. Ekimova, Irina. (16 March 2022). "High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae". [[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]].
6. Marshall, B.; Picton, B.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2017). [http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138018 ''Coryphella'' M. E. Gray, 1850.] In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2025-05-31.

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