Chlorodiloma
Chlorodiloma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2][3]
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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]
- Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
- Chlorodiloma crinita (Philippi, 1849)
- Chlorodiloma millelineata (Bonnet, 1864)
- Chlorodiloma odontis (W. Wood, 1828)
References
- 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
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
- 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.
- 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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