Chlorodiloma

Chlorodiloma
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Chlorodiloma crinita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
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)

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

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. 1 2 3 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

External links

External identifiers for Chlorodiloma
NCBI 702764
WoRMS 413458


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