Chlorodiloma adelaidae

Chlorodiloma adelaidae
Drawing with two views of a shell of Chlorodiloma adelaidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Chlorodiloma
Species: C. adelaidae
Binomial name
Chlorodiloma adelaidae
(Philippi, 1849) [1]
Synonyms
  • Austrocochlea adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
  • Diloma adelaidae Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902
  • Diloma australis Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Gibbula adelaidae Adams, A. 1853
  • Gibbula depressa Tenison-Woods, 1876
  • Monodonta adelaidae (Philippi, 1849)
  • Monodonta (Chlorodiloma) adelaidae Tryon, G.W. 1889
  • Oxystele adelaidae Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1854
  • Trochocochlea australis Favanne, J. G. de 1784
  • Trochus adelaidae Philippi, 1849 (original description)
  • Trochus (Diloma) adelaidae Brazier, J. 1887
  • Trochus australis Petterd, W. 1879
  • Trochus (Diloma) australis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877

Chlorodiloma adelaidae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]

Description

This species differs only from Chlorodiloma crinita in lacking the tooth at the base of the columella. The coloration, sculpture and form are identical. [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania.

References

  1. Philippi, Conchyl. Cab., p. 140, t. 24, f. 1.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Chlorodiloma adelaidae (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546910 on 2012-11-23
  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 (described as Monodonta adelaidae)

External links

External identifiers for Chlorodiloma adelaidae
Encyclopedia of Life 18652867
NCBI 702765
WoRMS 546910
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