Chlorodiloma

Chlorodiloma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2][3]

Chlorodiloma
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Chlorodiloma
Pilsbry, 1889
Type species
Chlorodiloma crinita
Philippi, R.A., 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Diloma (Chlorodiloma) Pilsbry, 1889
  • Latona Hutton, 1884 (Invalid: junior homonym of Latona Schumacher, 1817; Chlorodiloma is a replacement name)

Description

The shell in this genus is like the shell of Diloma but rather more conical and less nacreous. The coloration is variegated, consisting of fine lines of dark on a lighter ground. The columella is generally green. The umbilicus is perforate or subperforate.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Chlorodiloma include:[1]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Chlorodiloma Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413458 on 2012-11-23
  2. Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  3. Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
  4. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Hutton, 1884; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 9: 368 (invalid: junior homonym of Latona Schumacher, 1817 [Bivalvia])
  • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide


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